Fundamentalism and Hope in a Religiously Diverse Sample in the United States

Craig Warlick; Ahmed Alsayer; Cory Shumate; Jonathan Templin

doi:10.1007/s11089-025-01212-8

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Fundamentalism and Hope in a Religiously Diverse Sample in the United States

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Fundamentalism and Hope in a Religiously Diverse Sample in the United States

Craig Warlick, Ahmed Alsayer, Cory Shumate and Jonathan Templin

Pastoral psychology

03/29/2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11089-025-01212-8

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Abstract

Despite their positive relationships with health outcomes, few studies directly assess the relationships among religiosity and hope. Using item factor analysis (N = 630) within a religiously diverse United States sample, we hypothesized fundamentalism (H-1: Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale, ITFS; Multidimensional Fundamentalism Inventory, MDFI; and Religious Fundamentalism Scale, RFS) and hope measures (H-2: Adult Hope Scale, AHS; Integrative Hope Scale, IHS) would demonstrate acceptable psychometrics and statistically (H-3) and practically significant relationships (H-4). The ITFS possessed near perfect psychometrics (CFI = 1.000, TLI = 1.000, RMSEA = 0.000, SRMR = 0.009, omega = 0.92), but other measures needed modifications. After Bonferroni corrections, we found statistically significant relationships among the RFS and the AHS (r = .16) and IHS (r = .155) as well as the ITFS and the AHS (r = .155) and IHS (r = .162), all at a small effect size. However, there were no statistically significant relationships among the MDFI and the hope measures (H-3). No association among a fundamentalism measure and a hope measure reached practical significance (H-4). Given these results, we computed correlations among the original scales and found similar results among hope and fundamentalism measures (r = - .002-0.152). These findings indicate direct relationships among measures of hope and fundamentalism, but no relationship met the criteria for practical significance-before or after scale modifications. We discuss the implications of these findings regarding the integration of religiosity and spirituality into mental health research, training, and practice.

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Title: Subtitle: Fundamentalism and Hope in a Religiously Diverse Sample in the United States
Creators: Craig Warlick - Texas Tech University
Ahmed Alsayer - Taibah University
Cory Shumate - University of Southern Mississippi
Jonathan Templin - Univ Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Pastoral psychology
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-025-01212-8
ISSN: 0031-2789
eISSN: 1573-6679
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 15
Grant note: University of Kansas
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 03/29/2025
Academic Unit: Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9984808320202771

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