Measuring attitude towards Buddhism and Sikhism : internal consistency reliability for two new instruments

摘要

This paper describes and discusses the development and empirical properties of two new\ud24-item scales – one measuring attitude toward Buddhism and the other measuring attitude\udtoward Sikhism. The scale is designed to facilitate inter-faith comparisons within the\udpsychology of religion alongside the well-established Francis Scale of Attitude toward\udChristianity. Data were obtained from a multi-religious sample of 369 school pupils aged\udbetween 13 and 15 in London. Application of the two scales demonstrated that adolescents\udhad a more positive attitude to Buddhism than Sikhism. The findings confirm the reliability\udof the scales and commend them for further use.