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- Title
The structure of the attitudes toward religion as measured by the Post-Critical Belief Scale: A structural modelling approach.
- Authors
Szydłowski, Piotr; Rogoza, Radosław; Cieciuch, Jan
- Abstract
This paper investigates the structure of the Post-Critical Belief Scale (PCBS), which was designed by Hutsebaut (1996) to assess attitudes towards religion according to Wulff's (1991) model. Existing results suggest ambiguous solutions, with two, three, or four factors, when only the four-factor solution is consistent with Wulff's theoretical model. In the current study, we examined whether this hypothesized model indeed would be reflected in the data, when the more appropriate, newly-developed, Set-Exploratory Structural Equation modeling (Set-ESEM) is applied. The study was carried out on a sample of 952 participants. The results of the Set-ESEM modeling provided evidence for the good fit of the four-factor structure. Nevertheless, we also identified some shortcomings of the measure and identified items which may be removed in order to increase measurement precision.
- Subjects
ATTITUDES toward religion; STRUCTURAL models; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; MODELS &; modelmaking; COMPUTER adaptive testing
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2023, Vol 42, Issue 13, p10792
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-021-02367-2