Intrinsic-Extrinsic Religious Orientation Scale (ROS)

What religion offers me most is comfort when sorrows and misfortune strike.

One reason for my being a church member is that such membership helps to establish a person in the community.

The purpose of prayer is to secure a happy and peaceful life.

It doesn't matter so much what I believe so long as I lead a moral life.

Although I am a religious person I refuse to let religious considerations influence my everyday affairs.

The church is most important as a place to formulate good social relationships.

Although I believe in my religion, I feel there are many more important things in my life.

I pray chiefly because I have been taught to pray.

A primary reason for my interest in religion is that my church is a congenial social activity.

Occasionally I find it necessary to compromise my religious beliefs in order to protect my social and economic well-being.

The primary purpose of prayer is to gain relief and protection.

Religion helps to keep my life balanced and steady in exactly the same way as my citizenship, friendships, and other memberships do.

I try hard to carry my religion over into all my other dealings in life.

Quite often I have been keenly aware of the presence of God or the Divine Being.

My religious beliefs are what really lie behind my whole approach to life.

The prayers I say when I am alone carry as much meaning and personal emotion as those said by me during services.

If not prevented by unavoidable circumstances, I attend church regularly.

If I were to join a church group I would prefer to join a Bible Study group rather than a social fellowship.

Religion is especially important to me because it answers many questions about the meaning of life.

I read literature about my faith (or church).

It is important to me to spend periods of time in private religious thought and meditation.