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Table 1 Exploratory factor analysis of religious practice scale

From: The mediating role of healthy lifestyle behavior in the relationship between religious practice and academic achievement in university students

Items

Factor load values

Factor 1

Factor 2

I am fasting based on the religious’ liturgies

0.729

 

I am doing religious deeds based on the religious’ liturgies, canon law, dogmas

0.724

 

I am in a state of readiness to do spiritual activities based on the religious’ liturgies, canon law, and dogmas

0.657

 

By having an advice from Father Confessors or religious leaders), I get solutions for my own current problems

0.648

 

I practice all religious’ liturgies and deeds

0.623

 

I listen religious education from religious leaders

0.620

 

The frequency where I am going to holy places (churches, Mosques, etc.)

0.615

 

Since I am a religious person, I do good things

0.591

 

I have a religious leader (Father Confessor, Sheik, Pastor, etc.) for the purpose of counseling service

0.588

 

I respect all religious’ liturgies

0.536

 

I pray to supernatural force

0.604

 

As I am a religious person, I like assisting persons living within poor situations; like feeding for hungry, drinking for thirsty, wearing for non-dressing, etc.

 

0.570

Since I am a religious person, I strive to make persons more beneficial wherever

 

0.555

Our supernatural force helps me by sending His Angels Missionaries) while I am becoming in a state of challenges

 

0.776

Supernatural force has His own time to do for His deeds

 

0.743

Since I am a religious or Laity man, I am living and working peacefully with human beings

 

0.717

Since human beings are well respected by supernatural force, and then I give a respect for males and females equally

 

0.710

I believe by the deed of supernatural force faithfully

 

0.624

% of Variance

36.168

11.103

Cronbach Alpha

0.86

0.75

  1. Total Variance Explained rate = % 47.27
  2. Total Cronbach Alpha = 0.89
  3. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy = 0.883
  4. Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity Approx. Chi-Square(X2 (153) = 13298.15; p < 0.01))
  5. Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.
  6. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.a
  7. N.B. Factor 1- Faith-based personal practice and factor 2- Religious Social Support/Activities