f the US. For example, many individuals living in the Southeast portion of the US are a part of the Bible belt. My heading on the self-report would state: ‘Please be very truthful and extremely specific when answering these questions. There are no right or wrong answers.’ These questionnaires will contain only 1 yes/no question and 2 open-ended questions. The first question will be: Do you have faith in a higher being or do you believe in spirituality? The second question will be: If you answered yes to question 1, then please state what it is you believe in. The third question will be: Please explain in detail why you believe in what you do and what happened in your life that caused you to maintain your beliefs.After collecting all the self-reports, I will place the data on bar graphs and pie charts to effectively show all the data collected. I understand that administering only 1,000 tests could very well breed 1,000 different motives and/or 1,000 beliefs. I want to be able to compare the motivation for all the participants to turn to religion or spirituality. At that time, if I feel I need to administer more self-reports, I will do so.In conclusion, I will summarize the study of what motivates people to turn to religion and/or a spiritual aspect. I began by trying to identify patterns and grounds of motivation. Secondly, I administered a very specific self-report to 1,000 individuals over the age of 18. These tests are very specific and are aimed at only reaching the truth. Although there are risks with self-reports, there are always risks with everything. Then, I’ll display the data on charts that make the motives evident and easy to identify. This study suggests that the data complied here may be useful for both tying together existing lines of research and/or generating new lines of research in the future. ...
