Bible Study and Character

Personality and character tests.

“…Changes in deceptive behavior are reported as occurring more frequently when ethical instruction was given than when it was omitted. Taylor and Powers (171) gave the Laycock test of Biblical information to 98 children who were rated for general character by their teachers. Among those with whom Bible study was voluntary the r between character and Bible knowledge was .496 and between intelligence and Bible knowledge .415.…”

Character development in children--an objective approach.

“…With regard to the influence of Biblical knowledge on the moral conduct of children, it is impossible to draw any definite conclusions at present. Taylor and Powers (1928), working with school children, correlated the results on the Laycock Bible Test with character ratings based on the combined judgments of two teachers and found a correlation of .50 ± .06, whereas the correlation between the character ratings and intelligence was only .24 =f c .08. On the surface of it, this seems to mean that children who knew many Biblical facts impressed their teachers more favorably than those who knew few, and that this difference could not be fully accounted for by the influence of intelligence.…”