Keywords

Religious Commitment, RCI, RCS, Spirituality, Religion, BYU, Brigham Young University, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Abstract

Psychology historically has underplayed the role of religion and has not considered its importance in treatment and research. As such, the field is in need of measures of religious commitment and a greater understanding of the religious experience. There have been general measures of religious commitment such as the Religious Commitment Scale (RCS) and the Religious Commitment Inventory (RCI-10) (Dyer et al., 2023; Fox & Bouffard, 2015; Worthington, E., 2003). The issue with general scales is that religious commitment looks different for each religion. In this context, the present study sought to develop a scale of religious commitment for students at Brigham Young University (BYU). The present study recruited 99 participants who responded to a 10-question survey on religious commitment. This scale had a high content validity ratio (CVR) of .84 and a Cronbach’s Alpha of .80. Our Pearson bivariate correlation found that 34 out of 45 correlations between items were significant. One factor was extracted and accounted for 83% of the variance. These findings suggest that the Y You Go Scale (YYGS) may be a valid and reliable scale of religious commitment for students at BYU. Still, the YYGS needs to be tested further and may be generalized to Latter-day Saints as the large majority of our sample are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Document Type

Class Project or Paper

Publication Date

2025-09-10

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Senior

Course

Psych 309

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