RESEARCH: A Revised Religious Fundamentalism Scale: The Short and Sweet of It

By B. Altemeyer, B. Hunsberger. 2004

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Subfields: Education, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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The behavioral immune system and social conservatism: a meta-analysis (2013, background): “It is characterized by a general intolerance for alternative worldviews and has long been known to correlate with prejudice toward outgroup members (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004).”
Experiencing Alien-Nation: Effects of a simulation intervention on attitudes toward homosexuals☆ (2009, background): “…scale (Pratto et al., 1994; α=.87), a shortened 12-item RWA scale (from Altemeyer, 1996; α=.84), a shortened 7-item Religious Fundamentalism Scale (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004; 9- point scale α=.89), and three items (α=.83) tapping political orientation (liberalism to conservatism) generally,…”
Religiosity as Identity: Toward an Understanding of Religion From a Social Identity Perspective (2010, background): “…Koenig, McCullough, & Larson, 2001) and may be indicative of highly religious individuals’ tendency to avoid risk behaviors (Sinha, Cnaan, & Gilles, 2007), comply with authority (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004; Graham & Haidt, 2009), or conform to social norms (Saroglou, Delpierre, & Dernelle, 2004).”
Individual differences predict sensitivity to the uncanny valley (2015, methodology): “This study measures religious fundamentalism with the Revised Religious Fundamentalism Scale (RRFS; Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004).”
The Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale: cross-cultural application, validity evidence, and relationship with religious orientation and the Big 5 factor markers1 (2010, methodology): “Convergent validity (r¼ 0.75, p5 0.01) as a measure of religious fundamentalism also was established for the IFS in Study 1 using the RFS (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004).”
Intergroup bias toward “Group X”: Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals (2012, background): “Religious fundamentalism is characterized by rigid thinking, very strict adherence to religious dogma, and literal interpretations of religious texts (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004).”
Does peace have a prayer? The effect of mortality salience, compassionate values, and religious fundamentalism on hostility toward out-groups (2009, methodology): “This accounts for findings of prejudice (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 1992; Wylie & Forest, 1992), support for violence (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004; Henderson-King et al., 2004) and the ‘‘fortress mentality” of fundamentalists.”
Believing, Bonding, Behaving, and Belonging: The Cognitive, Emotional, Moral, and Social Dimensions of Religiousness across Cultures (2020, background): “…in life, and the frequency of prayer (across countries, αs ranged from .80 to .95), a one-item index of the importance of spirituality in life, and the Religious fundamentalism scale (short, 12-item; Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004) (αs ranged from .75 to .95 across countries) (7-point Likert scales).”
Disgust: A predictor of social conservatism and prejudicial attitudes toward homosexuals (2010, background): “Thus, a religious fundamentalism scale (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004), which measures Christian orthodoxy and dogmatism, was incorporated.”