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- Title: Diversity and the God Image: Examining Ethnic Differences in the Experience of God for a College-Age Population (Report)
- Author : Journal of Psychology and Theology
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 262 KB
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This study examined ethnic group differences in the emotional experience of God for a college-age population. The researchers collected in-depth demographic data and administered the God Image Scales (GIS) and a series of attachment inventories with a sample of 211 college students. Using three levels of factor analysis, the researchers uncovered significant differences between White and non-White cohorts in their experience of God and in the influence of various factors including religiosity, spirituality, age, and having received psychotherapy. Additional results have implications for the interrelationship of models for the God image, faith development, ethnic identity development, and clinical practice. The differentiation between the God concept, how a person cognitively or intellectually understands God, and the God image, how a person emotionally experiences God, has received increased attention in recent years. However, research addressing the God image has not considered the effects of ethnic, racial, and cultural differences. Neither has it considered potential developmental dynamics that may be associated with developmental processes. In this light, our purpose was to examine relationships between a broad set of demographic variables including a careful examination of ethnicity and dimensions of the God image among a population of college students. To address cultural issues, we examined variables addressing one's identification as religious and/or spiritual, as well as experiences with psychotherapy and the relationship of these measures with God image factors. In what follows, we review relevant literature addressing the God image, developmental theory, diversity issues, and our research question.
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