Measuring religious commonalities : Details from three Internet surveys

Kawabata, Akira

doi:https://doi.org/10.18910/71753

アクセス数:167件（2024-08-26 05:21 集計）

固定URL: https://doi.org/10.18910/71753

閲覧可能ファイル

ファイル	フォーマット	利用条件	サイズ	閲覧回数	利用開始日	説明	information
ohs_05_185	pdf	なし	401 KB	153	2019.04.26

論文情報

ファイル出力

タイトル	Measuring religious commonalities : Details from three Internet surveys
著者	NRID 1000000214677 1000000214677 researchmap permalink KA010203 KA010203 Scopus Author ID 16444642500 16444642500 著者名 Kawabata, Akira
キーワード等	religiosity
	religious commonality
	international comparative study
	Internet survey
抄録	This study involves a multi-year, cross-cultural examination of religious commonality. Although tremendous differences exist between East Asian and Western religious cultures, common cross-cultural elements transcend their respective cultural contexts. This study employed three Internet-based religious belief surveys. The first survey was conducted in 2010 in the United States and Japan and consisted of 100 questions. The second survey was conducted in 2014, and consisted of 186 questions, including some selected from the first survey. It was administered in the following eight countries: The United States, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Taiwan, India, Thailand, and Japan. These countries respectively represent the world religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, Greek Orthodoxy, Islam, Taoism, Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, and Shinto. The third survey was conducted among eight countries in 2016 and consisted of 90 questions. Data analysis revealed one common dimensional structure in all eight countries. The first and second survey results allowed researchers to detect questions appropriate for ascertaining commonalities between the United States and Japan and within the eight countries. While a differential item functioning (DIF) analysis detects common items, it was so sensitive that it missed the most possible detectable commonalities when using multiple target countries. Constructing a probability model structure enabled all third-survey data items to be analyzed simultaneously. Although cultural backgrounds differ, the results reveal that the eight countries share a single-dimensional structure containing various religious belief items. Another survey is currently being prepared and researchers expect to have a wider structure that includes the common items of morality and mentality. The wider structure will be either one dimensional or two dimensional.
出版者	Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
収録物名	Osaka Human Sciences
巻(号)	5
ページ	185-201
刊行年月	2019-03
言語	英語
ハンドルURL	https://hdl.handle.net/11094/71753
DOI	https://doi.org/10.18910/71753
NCID	AA12727839
アクセス権	open access
出版タイプ	Version of Record
カテゴリ	紀要論文 Departmental Bulletin Paper
カテゴリ	Osaka Human Sciences / Vol.5

資源タイプ	紀要論文
ローカル資源タイプ	紀要論文
DCMI資源タイプ	text
DCTERMS.bibliographicCitation	Osaka Human Sciences. 2019, 5, p. 185-201
DC.title	Measuring religious commonalities : Details from three Internet surveys
DC.creator	Kawabata, Akira
DC.publisher	Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
DC.language' scheme='DCTERMS.RFC1766	英語
DC.type' scheme='DCTERMS.DCMIType	text
DCTERMS.issued' scheme='DCTERMS.W3CDTF	2019-03
DC.subject	religiosity
	religious commonality
	international comparative study
	Internet survey
DCTERMS.abstract	This study involves a multi-year, cross-cultural examination of religious commonality. Although tremendous differences exist between East Asian and Western religious cultures, common cross-cultural elements transcend their respective cultural contexts. This study employed three Internet-based religious belief surveys. The first survey was conducted in 2010 in the United States and Japan and consisted of 100 questions. The second survey was conducted in 2014, and consisted of 186 questions, including some selected from the first survey. It was administered in the following eight countries: The United States, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Taiwan, India, Thailand, and Japan. These countries respectively represent the world religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, Greek Orthodoxy, Islam, Taoism, Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, and Shinto. The third survey was conducted among eight countries in 2016 and consisted of 90 questions. Data analysis revealed one common dimensional structure in all eight countries. The first and second survey results allowed researchers to detect questions appropriate for ascertaining commonalities between the United States and Japan and within the eight countries. While a differential item functioning (DIF) analysis detects common items, it was so sensitive that it missed the most possible detectable commonalities when using multiple target countries. Constructing a probability model structure enabled all third-survey data items to be analyzed simultaneously. Although cultural backgrounds differ, the results reveal that the eight countries share a single-dimensional structure containing various religious belief items. Another survey is currently being prepared and researchers expect to have a wider structure that includes the common items of morality and mentality. The wider structure will be either one dimensional or two dimensional.
DC.identifier	10.18910/71753
DC.format	71753
citation_title	Measuring religious commonalities : Details from three Internet surveys
citation_author	Kawabata, Akira
citation_publisher	Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
citation_language	英語
citation_date	2019-03
citation_journal_title	Osaka Human Sciences
citation_volume	5
citation_firstpage	185
citation_lastpage	201
citation_public_url	https://hdl.handle.net/11094/71753
citation_doi_detail	10.18910/71753
citation_doi	https://doi.org/10.18910/71753

閲覧可能ファイル

論文情報

論文詳細を表示