Preliminary research for the Italian Validation of the New Religious Life Inventory-Revised (NRLI-R)

The purpose of this study is to create a new tool starting from existing ones, able to discriminate, investigate and quantify a person's religious orientation. A sample was recruited with a method of convenience and N = 107 participants through different forums and social networks. The construct validity of the NRLI-R test was sufficiently achieved through factor analysis and nomological validity. The concurrent validity, criterion and reliability of the test itself have been thoroughly investigated through the most common and consolidated data analysis techniques, confirming that the same test has sufficient psychometric properties to be used also in the Italian territory if confirmed by research with a larger sample.