摘要：Fanaticism is defined as excessive, obsessive and even sickly in the evaluation or defense of a subject, theme, action or idea [1]. In either way, religious fanaticism can be seen like the inability to accept that the world has a complex diversity and then nobody has an absolute truth thus conceiving a society restricted to a mental or destructive ankyloses (Rodriguez, 2017). The purpose of this study is to develop Rodriguez- Gomez Religious Fanaticism Scale (EFRRG) (2016), as an instrument that measures how fanatical a person can be in terms of following a religious leader without any kind of critical analysis before his suggestions, or requirements. The sample was composed of 89 Puerto Rican adults (average age = 51 years), where 90% professed the protestant religion. The final scale consists of 14 items in 4 point Likert format, where the higher the scale score, the greater the fanaticism. The instrument demonstrated adequate internal consistency, according to Kline (2005) (Cronbach’s Alfa, 0.79). A statistically significant inverse relation was found between completed education (Rho= -.310, p< .005) and income (Rho= -.310, p< .005). We suggest to continue to carry out studies to strengthen the psychometric criteria with a more extensive sample and administer it in multiple scenarios of religious denominations in Puerto Rico.
