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Marian Carter

Plymouth Marjon University

Publishes on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, Religion and Society Interactions, Religious Education and Schools. 12 papers and 222 citations.

12Publications
222Total Citations
Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyReligion and Society InteractionsReligious Education and SchoolsBiblical Studies and InterpretationPersonality Traits and Psychology

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The Relationship between Neuroticism and Religiosity among English 15-and 16-Year-Olds
Leslie J. Francis, Paul R. Pearson, Marian Carter et al.|The Journal of Social Psychology|1981
Cited by 70

Summary The Junior version of the Eysenck scale of neuroticism and the Francis scale of attitude towards religion Form ASC4B were administered to 1088 15- and 16-year-old English school boys and girls in order to examine two conflicting psychological accounts of the relationship between religiosity and stability. The positive significant correlation found between religiosity and neuroticism is shown to be an artifact caused by the fact that women are both more neurotic and more religious than men. The data support neither the hypothesis that religiosity is an expression of instability nor the hypothesis that religiosity fosters stability.

CHURCH AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AS AN EXAMINATION SUBJECT AND PUPIL ATTITUDE TOWARDS RELIGION
Leslie J. Francis, Marian Carter|British Journal of Educational Psychology|1980
Cited by 22

S ummary . Attitudes towards religion of 802 fifth‐year secondary pupils were studied in relationship to whether they attended a church voluntary aided or Local Education Authority school and whether they belonged to a CSE/GCE examination group in religious education. Comparisons were made between pupils in Local Education Authority schools taking RE as an examination subject, pupils in Local Education Authority schools not taking RE, pupils in Church of England voluntary aided schools taking RE, pupils of Church of England voluntary aided schools not taking RE and pupils in Roman Catholic voluntary aided schools taking RE. It was found that there was no difference in pupil attitude in the Church of England RE and non‐RE groups, the Roman Catholic group and the Local Education Authority non‐RE group. The Local Education Authority RE group scored significantly higher on the attitude scale. These findings provide no support for the notion that church voluntary aided secondary schools exert a positive influence on their pupils' attitudes towards religion.

EXTRAVERSION AND PERFORMANCE ON RAVEN'S MATRICES IN 15–16 YEAR OLD CHILDREN: AN EXAMINATION OF ANTHONY'S THEORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTRAVERSION
T. G. Crookes, Paul R. Pearson, Leslie J. Francis et al.|British Journal of Educational Psychology|1981
Cited by 13

S ummary . Anthony's theory (1973) of the development of extraversion in children requires that there should be a negative correlation between extraversion and intelligence in adolescents over the age of 13 or 14. To test this, Raven's Progressive Matrices and the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory were administered to a large group (802) of 15‐ and 16‐year‐olds. There was a significant positive correlation between extraversion and the Matrices, so Anthony's theory was not supported.