QRI

The Questionnaire of Religious Insights (QRI) presented in this paper was constructed in order to challenge the current model of religious orientations, especially the Quest Scale, by providing insight into different kinds of motivation that can influence religious seeking. The QRI contains two scales: Doubt (D) and Quest (Q). The latter consists of three subscales: searching for the solution of dilemmas (Qsd), searching as the expansion of self (QI), and searching for novelty (Qn). Validation of the internal reliability of the QRI and external criteria analysis was examined within two exploratory studies, both conducted on a group of 120 Polish students. The results of the first study provided evidence for the internal reliability of QRI, as well as it’s criterion validity with use of Religious Orientation Scales. The results of the second study in turn suggested that most of the external validity criteria have been met. In conclusion, the proposed model of exploring motivation factors that may influence religious questing is a topic worth pursuing. we propose studies that can follow this exploratory study, that can be undertaken on larger and demographically more diverse samples.