Religious Beliefs Inventory (RB)

Religious Beliefs Inventory (RB)
Gardiner‚ 1985
سیاهه باورهای مذهبی
1.    There have been times when the presence of God has been real to me.
2.    I seriously seek to find God.
3.    I believe God exists.
4.    When sickness or tragedy have come to me or someone I cared about I have sometimes wondered if God was punishing me or punishing them.
5.    I believe there is a life after death.
6.    Racial integration in the churches is against God's will.
7.    I believe God loves me.
8.    One reason I do not participate more in the church is that some people try to run the church.
9.    When I pray effectively I have a better chance of winning in my battles with temptation.
10.    According to the Bible‚ the harshest words Jesus ever spoke were to religious people.
11.    The Bible is more positive than it is negative.
12.    It does not matter what a religious person believes as long as he/she is sincere.
13.    I believe I was given an overdose of religion when I was growing up.
14.    I am a sinner.
15.    When I attend a worship service I usually go through the service without really concentrating very much on God.
16.    Forgiving from the heart is a noble ideal‚ but I do not really achieve this with people who deeply hurt me.
17.    A well-known religious leader who believes God has appointed him‚ has a right to expect people to follow him without questioning his authority.
18.    The great commandment of the Bible teaches that loving oneself is wrong.
19.    To the Christian material things are unimportant.
20.    I do not love God.
21.    One way a Christian can be humble is to not let himself/ herself believe even the sincere compliments other people give him/her
22.    Whenever I feel guilty I know I have done something wrong.
23.    I believe in the Golden Rule: "So whatever you wish that men would do to you‚ do so to....
24.    When a Christian loses a loved one‚ grieving is not what God wants.
25.    When I follow the Christian way of life‚ or think about following it‚ I have less of the kind of freedom I really want.
26.    When a person has faith in God he no longer feels any fear.
27.    My relationship with God is satisfactory.
28.    Christ taught that we should love and like everyone.
29.    The commandment‚ "Thou shalt not kill" is out of date.
30.    I do not like for people to show enthusiasm for their religion.
31.    The Bible does a better job of correcting my faults than I do of finding fault with the Bible.
32.    Prayer helps me gain self-control.
33.    Once a person becomes a Christian he/she should never feel that life has no meaning.
34.    My schedule is so busy I seldom take time off to relax.
35.    There are some people I will not forgive.
36.    When I have a major problem I put my trust in God and no longer think very much about the problem.
37.    God is a loving God who would not judge us for our sins.
38.    When a Christian has a good relationship with God it does not matter whether or not he/she gets together with other Christians.
39.    When a person becomes a Christian he/she should never feel that God does not love him/her.
40.    I am concerned about how my sins harm other people.
41.    My prayer life is satisfactory.
42.    Because of my relationship with God‚ I believe I am more favored by God than others.
43.    The commandment‚ "Honor thy father and thy mother" is out of date.
44.    I believe God has a sense of humor.
45.    Compared with other people‚ my sins have not been that bad.
46.    Christ said‚ the more suffering we take upon ourselves‚ no matter for what reason‚ the more we will be rewarded.
47.    I now have a relationship with another Christian person where I can talk helpfully about my problems and my
48.    It is selfish to ask God for things in prayer.
49.    I am accountable before God.
50.    Often I depend on God to do things for me which I really ought to do for myself.
51.    Whenever emotion becomes important in a person’ s religious faith or practice the person will lose his/her ability to think clearly.
52.    I believe I am guilty of the unpardonable sin.
53.    There are times when I have disliked or even despised religious people.
54.    A Christian should not question what his/her religious leaders tell him/her.
55.    I need God's help to control myself.
56.    A Christian will avoid associating with worldly people.
57.    In my private prayer I spend too much time on problems and not enough on solutions.‚
58.    The commandment‚ "Thou shall: not commit adultery" is out of date.
59.    To say that I could never be anything but a worthless  person is to deny the worth God can and does give to my life.
60.    Because things are so confusing these days‚ I do not believe I can adequately tell the difference between right and wrong.
61.    I do not need the church (or‚ I do not need to be with other Christians).
62.    I pray for those who persecute and irritate me.
63.    The feeling that God is not real is a feeling I never have.
64.    A Christian should always put others before himself/herself.
65.    I usually confess my sins to God and ask God sincerely to forgive me.
66.    I believe a person who is not willing to follow all the rules of the church should not be allowed to belong.
67.    When I follow the Christian way of life‚ or think about following it‚ I find myself giving up so many things that I have fewer interests than before.
68.    When a religious person is right‚ he/she does not need to consider what effect holding his/her convictions may have on others.
69.    I believe that someday Christ will return.
70.    Christ taught that if we love other people they will be friendly to us in return.
71.    A Christian will feel sexual desire only for his wife or her husband.
72.    To the Christian money should not matter.
73.    When someone tells me I should stop one of my bad habits I am not concerned because I know I can quit any time
74.    A truly humble Christian will try to avoid letting others know what he/she wants for himself/herself.
75.    Some of my boredom is due to my sin.
76.    A Christian will not be tempted to feel jealous of other people.
77.    A Christian must sometimes settle for less than the best because he/she lives in an imperfect world.
78.    A Christian should never feel that life is not worthwhile.
79.    Important needs of mine are met in prayer.
80.    The commandment‚ "Thou shalt not steal" is out of date.
81.    My faith helps me to work more effectively and productively.
82.    I just do not believe God loves some people.
83.    I would rate my knowledge of the Bible as above average compared with (other) Protestant Christians.
84.    I have known another Christian (layperson or clergy) whom I liked personally and whom I respected for their Christian faith and practice.
85.    A Christian with a strong faith should not feel any depression.
86.    If I do not forgive others God will not forgive me.
87.    Christ taught that his followers should not think about rewards for being his disciples.
88.    The commandment‚ "Thou shalt no kill" is out of date.
89.    The problems of Christians are few compared with people who do not believe in and follow Christ.
90.    A Christian will feel no fear when he/she faces death.
91.    Even with my faith to help me‚ somehow I just cannot seem to please the people who are most important to me.
92.    I experience temptations which few‚ if any other people experience.
93.    From a Christian point of view‚ drug pushers are evil people who should be done away with.
94.    A Christian who is tempted by doubts about God is bound to be weak in his/her faith.
95.    There are times when I am angry with God.
96.    The great commandment of the Bible teaches that loving oneself is wrong.
97.    Considering human nature‚ I believe living by Christian principles is really too much to expect of people.
98.    When a Christian loses a loved one‚ grieving is unnecessary.
99.    Most of the time my sins hurt only me.
100.    God disciplines those whom he loves.
101.    I believe the way I do because of my own thinking and choosing‚ not just because I was brought up that way.
102.    There is too much evil in the world (war‚ cancer‚ injustice‚ disasters‚ etc.) to believe that God is good.
103.    I do not want anyone to try to persuade me to believe in Christ.
104.    God is concerned about the smallest details of my life and well-being.
105.    I believe God is willing and able to provide me with what I need to overcome temptation.
106.    A truly humble Christian will wait for others to start things‚ and not put himself/herself forward.
107.    Jesus told God he did not want to die.
108.    Because of my Christian faith I experience more joy in my life.
109.    I do not want to be asked to pray in public.
110.    When a Christian is hurt by someone he/she should not feel any anger.
111.    When a person becomes a Christian‚ he/she should deny himself/herself and no longer consider his/her own needs.
112.    God's forgiveness of us has and still does cost him.
113.    There are times when I have disliked or even despised religious people.
114.    Clapping about something in a worship service seems to me to be out of place.
115.    When a person becomes a Christian he should never feel that God does not love him/her.
116.    To say that I could never be anything but a failure is to call God a failure.
117.    In prayer I regularly ask God specifically for what I need.
118.    If my conscience does not bother me I know I have done nothing wrong.
119.    I went through a period of not being interested in (even resenting and discounting) God‚ Christ‚ the Bible‚ church and prayer. After this period God gave me interest‚ desire and appreciation for these things.
120.    I have stopped going to church several times because people hurt me or were unfair to me.
121.    It bothers me terribly that I have not accomplished more for God. D
122.    For a Christian‚ the body in this earthly life is unimportant.
123.    My relationship with God is satisfactory.
124.    Because of the weaknesses of human nature‚ it is unrealistic and even unhealthy to attempt to overcome some of our temptations.
125.    Even though I believe God forgives me‚ I just cannot seem to forgive myself for some of the things I have done.
126.    The Bible is more positive than it is negative.
127.    God's love for me is something I do not know.
128.    If Jesus did not experience sexual temptation he cannot be the Savior of the world.
129.    When sickness or tragedy have come to me or someone I cared about‚ I have had questions or wondered about the goodness or power of God.
130.    To obey Christ's command to love means that feeling angry toward other people should never come about.
131.    I pray for those who persecute and irritate me.
132.    My religious life is satisfactory.
133.    The way to handle temptation is to do what you feel like doing.
134.    Christians who say they enjoy being a Christian are pretending‚ or they are out of touch with the real of life.
135.    Hell is where some people ought to be now.
136.    A well-known religious leader who believes God appointed him‚ has a right to expect people to follow him without questioning his authority.
137.    It does not matter what a religious person believes as long as he/she is sincere. The church has little or no need for me (or‚ other Christians have little or no need for me).
138.    The church has little or no need for me (or‚ other Christians have little or no need for me).
139.    A Christian will feel sexual desire only for his wife or her husband.
140.    Other people have wronged me more than I have wronged them.
141.    Once a person has become a Christian‚ he/she should not feel any loneliness.
142.    Thanking God helps me have a better attitude toward life.
143.    I believe I am a condemned person.
144.    When I attend a worship service I usually go through the service without really concentrating very much on God.
145.    I need God's help to control myself. 
146.    I believe I know enough about Christianity top evaluate Christianity fairly.
147.    I believe that someday Christ will return.
148.    I seriously seek to find God.
149.    I give and receive love satisfactorily.
150.    Tests like this bore me.
شرح سایت روان سنجی: این پرسشنامه برای سنجش باورهای سالم و ناسالم مذهبی پدید آمد. از MMPI-168  برای معیار استفاده شد. اگرچه در پیش درآمد پرسشنامه درباره کیش و آیین پاسخ دهنده پرسش می شود، ولی پرسشنامه سرشار از اصطلاح ها و باورهای مسیحی است. همراه کردن پرسشنامه مذهبی با پرسشنامه شخصیت هم دسته بندی پرسش ها را مساله ساز کرده است. با حذف سه گزاره 13، 83، 99 و 14 گزاره همپوشان، تعداد ماده های اصلی 133 است.
پدید آورنده عامل های زیر را ارائه کرده است.
Hard to Believe‚ Infrequency‚ Correction Unhealthy‚ Correction Healthy‚ Religious inability‚ Denial of Problems (Dp)‚ Denial of Solutions (Ds)‚ Combines scale Dp and Ds‚ Relationship with God‚ Relationships with Others‚ Relationship with Self‚ Hypochondriac‚ Depression‚ Hysteria‚ psychopathic‚ Sex‚ Paranoia‚ Paranoia males‚ Paranoia‚ females‚ Psychasthenia‚ Schizophrenia‚ Mania and Rigidity
اعتبار و روایی: میانگین اعتبار 0.79 و میانگین روایی 0.48
نمره گذاری: برای ماده های هر خرده مقیاس به اصل مقاله مراجعه فرمایید.
True/False
چگونگی دستیابی
This instrument can be found at: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330756/m2/1/high_res_d/1002779290-Gardiner.pdf & https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330756/
منبع برای آگاهی بیشتر
Gardiner‚ Joseph Rowe. (1985). Religious Inventory for the Assessment of Psychologically Healthy and Unhealthy Beliefs. PHD thesis. North Texas State University.