The construct of quest as measured by the Quest Scale raises complexities that this study
addressed with online surveys measuring religiosity, ego identity, and well‐being of�…

Current controversies over religious orientation center on issues that appear to be partially
nonempirical, normative, and sociological. These issues, in other words, may be ideological�…

In 1976 Batson introduced the construct of Quest motivation as a supplement to Allport's
intrinsic/extrinsic dimensions to characterize mature; religious functioning. However, there�…

This article examines key assumptions underlying quest as a mature religious orientation
rooted in existential struggles. Quest is posited by Batson and his colleagues to be an�…

Although Daniel Batson's (1976) construct of “Religion as Quest” has been widely
applauded as an important theoretical innovation in the assessment of religious motivation�…

Prominent scholars have appealed for the use of diverse research methodologies to
enhance ongoing work in the psychology of religion and spirituality. This article represents�…

Although variable-centered analyses predominate the religiosity-health literature, they are
limited in that they tend to focus on the (unique) associations between a single facet of�…

Identity and meaning in life are core developmental assets in emerging adulthood. We
analysed how religiosity is related to these intentional strivings in emerging adults enrolled�…

The study of religious motivation has been an important area of research in the psychology
of religion since Allport and Ross (1967) developed their measure of intrinsic/extrinsic�…

Spiritual Openness and Spiritual Support subscales of the Spiritual Experience Index were
administered to 402 undergraduates along with the Identity Style Inventory, the Intolerance�…