Religious Fundamentalism Scale (Revised).

RF / RRF

What it measures

Religious fundamentalism: belief in one inerrant set of religious truths, an essential us-vs-them struggle against evil, and the need to follow fundamental practices of the past

Length and format

20 (original 1992); 12 (revised 2004). balanced 7- or 9-point agreement (pro- and con-trait items) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into many languages and faith contexts (e.g. across Christian, Muslim, Jewish samples; DE, ES, Persian, and others)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Altemeyer, B., & Hunsberger, B. (2004). A revised religious fundamentalism scale: The short and sweet of it. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 14(1), 47-54.