Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Robbins, Mandy
• Francis, Leslie J

Titel

All Are Called, But Some Psychological Types Are More Likely To Respond: Profiling Churchgoers In Australia

Ist Teil von

• Research in the social scientific study of religion, 2011, Vol.22, p.212-229

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

Sociological Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A sample of 1,527 churchgoers (591 males and 936 females) from a range of different Christian denominations completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales within the context of the Australian National Church Life Survey. Compared with the data held by the Australian Archive of the Psychological Type Research Unit, both male and female churchgoers displayed significantly higher levels of preference for sensing, for feeling, and for judging. Male churchgoers displayed significantly higher levels of preference for introversion. The two predominant types among female churchgoers were ISFJ (23%) and ESFJ (22%), compared with 13% and 8% respectively in the wider population. The two predominant types among male churchgoers were ISTJ (29%) and ESTJ (15%), compared with 21% and 16% respectively in the wider population. In principle, churches proclaim their invitation to worship to all psychological types. In practice, some psychological types appear more willing to respond. Adapted from the source document.