Spirituality of American and Czech students – a cross-cultural comparison

0349381 - PSÚ 2011 RIV SK eng J - Journal Article
Říčan, Pavel - Lukavský, Jiří - Janošová, Pavlína - Štochl, J.
Spirituality of American and Czech students – a cross-cultural comparison.
Studia Psychologica. Roč. 52, č. 3 (2010), s. 243-251. ISSN 0039-3320
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA700250801
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70250504
Keywords : spirituality * measurement * factor analysis * cross-cultural differences
Subject RIV: AN - Psychology
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Exploratory factor analysis of the Czech data, especially if improved by target rotation, yielded factors similar to the original American study. Differences between item means and variances were well understandable in the context of general cross-cultural differences, especially of the dramatically higher explicit religiosity of the American population.
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