12  Normativity of Religion

Author

Connair J. S. Russell

Cluster: Socialisation

12.1 Measure

Modifications

12.2 Implementation

Question wording

Participants are presented with the following text:

People are a part of a number of groups that affect their lives, such as nation-states, ethnic groups, companies, friend/peer groups, and hobby groups (e.g. sports/music fandoms). For these groups, being a good, respected member often comes with expectations. Below, we will ask you how important certain personal qualities are to being a good, respected member of the groups to which you belong.

Along with subscale specific text:

Subscale text response
Nation The following questions will ask you about your nation. There are no right or wrong answers and your responses remain anonymous. extent
Ethnic The following questions will ask you about the ethnic group with which you identify (e.g. Black British, White (other), Han, Japanese, Pacific Islander). There are no right or wrong answers and your responses remain anonymous. extent
Friends/peers The following questions will ask you about your friendship/ peer group. There are no right or wrong answers and your responses remain anonymous. extent
Choose own The following questions will ask you about a hobby or interest group that is important to you (e.g. music, fashion, gaming communities). There are no right or wrong answers and your responses remain anonymous. extent

Items

Brazil, Denmark, United Kingdom, United States

The question items were as follows, where [COUNTRY] is the name of the country:

Qlabel Subscale question response
norm_01 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of [COUNTRY] to believe in God? extent
norm_02 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of [COUNTRY] to perform rituals honouring God? extent
norm_03 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of [COUNTRY] to belong to a religion? extent
norm_04 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group to believe in God? extent
norm_05 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group to perform rituals honouring God? extent
norm_06 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group to belong to a religion? extent
norm_07 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to believe in God? extent
norm_08 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to perform rituals honouring God? extent
norm_09 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to belong to a religion? extent
norm_10 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to believe in God? extent
norm_11 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to perform rituals for God? extent
norm_12 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to belong to a religion? extent

China

The question items were as follows:

Qlabel Subscale question response
norm_01 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of China to believe in 佛祖、真主, 上帝 或者神明? extent
norm_02 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of China to perform rituals honouring 佛祖、真主, 上帝 或者神明? extent
norm_03 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of China to belong to a religion? extent
norm_04 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group people to believe in 佛祖、真主, 上帝 或者神明? extent
norm_05 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group to perform rituals honouring 佛祖、真主, 上帝 或者神明? extent
norm_06 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group to belong to a religion? extent
norm_07 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to believe in 佛祖、真主, 上帝 或者神明? extent
norm_08 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to perform rituals honouring 佛祖、真主, 上帝 或者神明? extent
norm_09 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to belong to a religion? extent
norm_10 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to believe in 佛祖、真主, 上帝 或者神明? extent
norm_11 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to perform rituals honouring 佛祖、真主, 上帝 或者神明? extent
norm_12 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to belong to a religion? extent

Japan

The question items were as follows:

Qlabel Subscale question response
norm_01 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of Japan to believe in the kami? extent
norm_02 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of Japan to perform rituals honouring the kami? extent
norm_03 Nation To what extent is it expected for a citizen of Japan to belong to a religion? extent
norm_04 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group to believe in the kami? extent
norm_05 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group to perform rituals honouring the kami? extent
norm_06 Ethnic To what extent is it expected of people in your ethnic group to belong to a religion? extent
norm_07 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to believe in the kami? extent
norm_08 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to perform rituals honouring the kami? extent
norm_09 Friends/peers To what extent is it expected amongst your friends to belong to a religion? extent
norm_10 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to believe in the kami? extent
norm_11 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to perform rituals honouring the kami? extent
norm_12 Choose own To what extent is it expected for members of the hobby or interest group most important to you to belong to a religion? extent

Coding

This section uses our standard response scale for extent.

No items are reverse coded

Scoring

Variable Name Variable Label Description Variable Type Source (Section) Definition
Normativity of Religion (all) normativity Normativity of religion score numeric Normativity of Religion mean of norm_01: norm_12
Normativity of Religion (Nation) normativity_nat Nation normativity of religion score ordinal Normativity of Religion mean of norm_01: norm_03
Normativity of Religion (Ethnicity) normativity_eth Ethnicity normativity of religion score ordinal Normativity of Religion mean of norm_04: norm_06
Normativity of Religion (Peers) normativity_peer Peer normativity of religion score ordinal Normativity of Religion mean of norm_07: norm_09
Normativity of Religion (Group) normativity_grp Group normativity of religion score ordinal Normativity of Religion mean of norm_10: norm_12