John Greer first introduced the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity in 1979 into his programme of research designed to chart the religious trajectory of students attending Protestant and Catholic schools in Northern Ireland. The present study conducted in 2011 builds on earlier studies conducted in 1979, 1984, the early 1990s, and 1998. While in the early studies both male and female students in Catholic schools recorded a more positive attitude toward Christianity compared with students in Protestant schools, the 1998 study drew attention to a marked decline in attitude toward Christianity among female students in Catholic schools. The new data from 2011 found that this decline in attitude toward Christianity among female students in Catholic schools also extended to male students in Catholic schools.

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1979-2011年北爱尔兰学生对基督教的态度的宗派差异的变化

约翰·格里尔（John Greer）于1979年首次将弗朗西斯对基督教的态度量表引入他的研究计划，该计划旨在绘制北爱尔兰新教和天主教学校学生的宗教轨迹。2011年进行的本研究是在1979年，1984年，1990年代初和1998年进行的较早研究的基础上进行的。尽管在早期研究中，天主教学校的男女学生对基督教的态度都比基督教学校的学生要积极， 1998年的研究提请人们注意天主教学校女学生对基督教的态度明显下降。2011年的新数据发现，天主教学校女学生对基督教的态度下降也扩大到天主教学校的男学生。