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These participants will be both male and female and from a variety of a cultural backgrounds.
2. The research group plans to distribute questionnaires to at least 100 students in classrooms on the La Sierra University campus.
C. Recruitment Process
1. The research group will recruit potential students by connecting with different faculty and with their approval disseminating the questionnaires in the class.
2. The students taking the questionnaire will be given a brief background on what class the questionnaire is for, the purpose of the research and questionnaire, and how the results will be used.
3. The research group will address the issue of informed consent with the students during their introduction in the classes.
D. Eligibility Criteria
Individuals over 30 are excluded from participating in the research because research indicated that older individuals are least likely to switch religions.
E. Potential Risks and Benefits
1. A potential risk could be that the questionnaire may create more self-awareness than the participants were expecting.
2. A possible benefit in taking the questionnaire could be that they gain more information on the reason people switch religions.
F. Data Analysis Methods
1. SPSS: logistic regression
2....
The dependent variable is changing religious affiliations and the independent variables are factors that include parental divorce, childhood socialization in a religion, marriage, and near death experiences.
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Albrecht, S.L., & Cornwall, M. (1989). Life events and religious change. Review of religious Research, 31(1), 23-38.
Barro, R., Hwang, J., & McCleary, R. (2010). Religious conversion in 40 countries. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 49(1), 15-36.
Loveland, M.T. (2003). Religious Switching: Preference Development, Maintenance, and Change. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 42(1), 147-157
Paloutzian, R.F. (1999). Religious Conversion and Personality Change. Journal of Personality, 33.
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