Psychological predictors of Chinese Christians’ church attendance and religious steadfastness: A three-wave prospective study.

Hui, C. Harry; Lau, Esther Yuet Ying; Lam, James; Cheung, Shu Fai; Lau, Wilfred W. F.

doi:10.1037/a0039216

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“…A recent study (Hui et al, 2015) on values and faith steadfastness should be mentioned here. It found that hedonism and power values were predictive of unstable church attendance a year later, and that power, self-direction, and stimulation values were predictive of Christians exiting their faith a year later.…”

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Causal relationship between religiosity and value priorities: Cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations.

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Hui

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Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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Causal relationship between religiosity and value priorities: Cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations.

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“…Values are another set of potential predictors that are taken into consideration. Schwartz's (Bilsky et al, 2011) Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) has been included in studies about deconverts (Hui et al, 2018;Hui et al, 2015;Saroglou et al, 2020). From their longitudinal research with Chinese deconverts, Hui et al (2018;2015) conclude that "faith exit is predicted by the values of self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement, and power."…”

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“…Schwartz's (Bilsky et al, 2011) Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) has been included in studies about deconverts (Hui et al, 2018;Hui et al, 2015;Saroglou et al, 2020). From their longitudinal research with Chinese deconverts, Hui et al (2018;2015) conclude that "faith exit is predicted by the values of self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement, and power." Correspondingly, Saroglou et al (2020) report that deconverts have lower scores on conservation values such as security, conformity, tradition.…”

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Predicting Deconversion: Concurrent and Cross-time Correlations in Three Samples

Streib¹,

Chen²

2021

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This chapter presents results about one of the questions that our research has focused from the beginning: religious change and deconversion. While in the Deconversion Study (2001-2005) we could use only cross-sectional data to estimate characteristics of deconverts in the U.S.A. and Germany, the analyses reported in this chapter are based on repeated surveys in three waves that allow the identification of concurrent and cross-time correlations—thus, open perspectives on the prediction of deconversion. Results indicate that, with difference between the three waves however, deconversion concurrently may correlate positively with openness to experience and negatively with consciousness, it may correlate also with mysticism and show concurrent correlations with truth of texts and teachings and self-rated religiosity. Cross-time correlations indicated as (negative) predictors of deconversion: self-rated religiosity, extraversion, agreeableness, environmental mastery, positive relations with others, purpose in life, self-acceptance, interpretive mysticism, and truth of texts and teachings. We conclude that low scores on variables for religiosity and religious cognition, but also personality and well-being variable that call for emotional compensation are predictors of deconversion.

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“…Hui et al (2015) conducted a longitudinal study looking into Hong Kong Chinese Christians’ church attendance and religious steadfastness. They used a three-wave approach to look at the churched versus the unchurched; church attendees versus church exit; and religious steadfastness versus church exit.…”

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“…There are a few surprises in the findings with relevance to this research. First, those attending larger churches were found to have higher “stickability” with church and were less likely to exit the faith; second, full-time university students had a greater chance of losing their faith as they find other things to occupy their lives (Hui et al, 2015). These help us to better understand the complex factors and circumstances Hong Kong millennials Christians are facing in this fast-changing city today.…”

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Why Hong Kong millennial Christians switch from Chinese local churches to international churches: A qualitative study

Snelgrove¹,

Chan²,

Hui³

2021

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In the past few years, there has been an observable phenomenon of Hong Kong millennial Christians moving from Chinese-speaking local churches to English-speaking international churches. To understand the reasons behind the movement, 30 Hong Kong millennial Christians who moved from local churches to international churches were interviewed in this study in four focus groups. Reasons for their movement include: local churches feel like formal education, churches emphasize works over grace, and churches are out of touch and irrelevant from the needs and struggles of millennials’ everyday lives. The international churches are more welcomed by Hong Kong millennial Christians as they have more to offer, including vulnerable leadership, approachable worship style, and a stronger sense of community. The results indicate the faith experience and challenges faced by Hong Kong millennial Christians in the postmodern culture, especially in the unique context of Hong Kong where Eastern culture meets Western. The research suggests a set of recommendations for churches wishing to attract and retain millennials, including the importance for churches to understand their congregants, be prepared for changes, be open to embrace and build an authentic genuine community of faith, and to own a clearly articulated vision. These will be truly helpful in cultivating the spiritual growth of our younger generations to find their place in these millennial-friendly churches.

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Psychological predictors of Chinese Christians’ church attendance and religious steadfastness: A three-wave prospective study.

Abstract: who provided very useful and supportive comments on our earlier submissions. Sing-hang Cheung and Doris Mok made valuable suggestions at the early phase of this research. Heidi Chiu and Tina Lau assisted in library research.

Cited by 7 publications

References 63 publications

Causal relationship between religiosity and value priorities: Cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations.

Causal relationship between religiosity and value priorities: Cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations.

Predicting Deconversion: Concurrent and Cross-time Correlations in Three Samples

Why Hong Kong millennial Christians switch from Chinese local churches to international churches: A qualitative study

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