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Measuring communities of faith
— a preliminary investigation | | Author(s) | Neal Krause, R David Hayward |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol 25, no 3, July-September 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, July-September 2013 |
| Pages | pp 258-276 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Christianity ; Protestant Church ; Ageing process ; Informal care ; Pastoral care ; Measurement ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this study was to estimate a higher-order confirmatory factor model of communities of faith that consisted of two tiers. Seven dimensions of church-based social support made up the first tier including emotional support received from rank-and-file church members as well as emotional support received from a pastor. It was hypothesised that these first-order constructs were driven by a higher-order latent variable that denoted a community of faith. The data revealed that emotional support represented the way in which a community of faith was most likely to be manifest while tangible support was a less critical component. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130823218 A |
| Classmark | TS: TSD: BG: P6: OW: 3R: 7T |
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