Measuring attitude towards Buddhism and Sikhism: internal consistency reliability for two new instruments
This paper describes and discusses the development and empirical properties of two new 24-item scales - one measuring attitude towards Buddhism and the other measuring attitude towards Sikhism. The scale is designed to facilitate inter-faith comparisons within the psychology of religion alongside th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2011
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| In: |
Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2011, Volume: 14, Issue: 8, Pages: 797-803 |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Sikhism B Adolescents B Religiosity B spiritual attitudes |
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| Summary: | This paper describes and discusses the development and empirical properties of two new 24-item scales - one measuring attitude towards Buddhism and the other measuring attitude towards Sikhism. The scale is designed to facilitate inter-faith comparisons within the psychology of religion alongside the well-established Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity. Data were obtained from a multi-religious sample of 369 school pupils aged between 13 and 15 in London. Application of the two scales demonstrated that adolescents had a more positive attitude to Buddhism than Sikhism. The findings confirm the reliability of the scales and commend them for further use. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.523891 |