Protestant Ethic Attitudes Among College Students

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Abstract
The six scales of the Survey of Work Values (Wollack, Goodale, Wijting, and Smith, 1971), the Blood (1969) pro-Protestant Ethic scale, and the Protestant Ethic scale of Mirels and Garrett (1971) were intercorrelated, and each scale was correlated with Rotter's I/E scale, SAT total score, and cumulative grade point average for 170 college students. A factor analysis of the Protestant Ethic scales yielded two factors which were interpreted, on the basis of the loadings of the Survey of Work Values scales, as representing intrinsic (work-related) and extrinsic (reward-related) aspect of Protestant Ethic. The Blood and the Mirels and Garrett scales loaded substantially on both factors. Generally, the Protestant Ethic scales were negatively related to external orientation on the I/E scale, and were unrelated to SAT scores and academic performance.

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