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Validity and reliability of a revised scale of attitude towards Buddhism (TSAB-R)
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Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas (2016) Validity and reliability of a revised scale of attitude towards Buddhism (TSAB-R). Religions, 7 (5). pp. 1-11. 44. doi:10.3390/rel7050044 ISSN 2077-1444.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel7050044
Abstract
The empirical properties of a revised 24-item instrument called the Thanissaro Scale of Attitude towards Buddhism (TSAB-R) designed to measure Buddhist affective religiosity are described. The instrument was tested on adolescents and teenagers in the UK. Discriminant validity of the instrument was found satisfactory in relation to Buddhist affiliation and content validity in relation to religious involvement with temple attendance, scripture reading, meditation, having had a religious or spiritual experience and religious style. Unlike Christians, for Buddhists, affective religiosity was found to vary independently from age and sex. The differential between heritage and convert religious style of Buddhism was linked to the perceived affective religiosity of the Buddhist features of the home shrine and bowing to parents. Factor analysis revealed two subscales within the instrument for intellectual and affective components. With confirmation of the validity and reliability of the revised scale, the instrument is commended for measurement of Buddhist affective religiosity with adults and children down to the age of 13 years
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Buddhism, Religiousness | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Religions | ||||||||
| Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2077-1444 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 28 April 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 7 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-11 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 44 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/rel7050044 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 May 2016 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 May 2016 | ||||||||
| Funder: | University of Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship |
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