A new approach to religious orientation : : the commitment-reflectivity circumplex / / Stephen W. Krauss & Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

• Author: Krauss, Stephen W.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hood, Ralph W.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Rodopi,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: International series in the psychology of religion ; 16; International Series in the Psychology of Religion 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Foreword /; Definitions /; Religious Orientation /; The Search For New Religious Orientations And the Development of the Circumplex Religious Orientation Inventory (the CROI) /; Model Testing /; Traditional Approaches to Religious Orientation /; Religious Orientation and Prejudice /; Religious Orientation, Mental Health, Personality Traits, and Ideology /; Summary and Discussion /; The Recommended Version of the CROI /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9401209693
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stephen W. Krauss & Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

The Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex (CRC) model of religious orientation is introduced and the results from a series of model testing experiments are reviewed. The CRC model was developed through a series of studies in the United States and Romania and was created in an effort to reduce the theoretical and empirical difficulties associated with the traditional Allportian religious orientation models and measures. Toward this end, the difficulties associated with the Allportian religious orientation models are reviewed, along with how the CRC model attempts to address them. Next, the CRC model is introduced and a list of its predictions are given and compared to those of the Allportian models. The results of 10 model testing studies using multidimensional scaling are then reviewed. In these studies, the CRC model, which posits that all religious orientation can be located along dimensions of commitment (importance) and reflectivity (complexity), is found to be more accurate than the Allportian models in both the U.S. and Romania. Based on these studies, the meaning and interpretation of the Allportian measures are reviewed and new interpretations are suggested. Lastly, the relationships between religious orientation, mental health, personality, ideology, and prejudice are explored. In every area, the CRC model, and the measures based on it, show superior predictive abilities to traditional approaches in both the United States and Romania.