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Mental Health, Religion & Culture Volume 14, 2011 - Issue 8
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Measuring attitude towards Buddhism and Sikhism: internal consistency reliability for two new instruments

Phra Nicholas Thanissaro Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 797-803 | Received 12 Aug 2010, Accepted 11 Sep 2010, Published online: 22 Mar 2011
 
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Abstract

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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