The Williams Scale of Attitude toward Paganism: development and application among British Pagans
This article builds on the tradition of attitudinal measures of religiosity established by Leslie Francis and colleagues with the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity (and reflected in the Sahin-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Islam, the Katz-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Judaism, and t...
| Published in: | Archive for the psychology of religion |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications Ltd.
2010
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| In: |
Archive for the psychology of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Neopaganism
/ Religiosity
/ Empirical social research
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AZ New religious movements |
| Further subjects: | B
Psychology
religion
attitudes
Paganism
Wicca
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| Summary: | This article builds on the tradition of attitudinal measures of religiosity established by Leslie Francis and colleagues with the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity (and reflected in the Sahin-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Islam, the Katz-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Judaism, and the Santosh-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Hinduism) by introducing a new measure to assess the attitudinal disposition of Pagans. A battery of items was completed by 75 members of a Pagan Summer Camp. These items were reduced to produce a 21-item scale that measured aspects of Paganism concerned with: the God/Goddess, worshipping, prayer, and coven. The scale recorded an alpha coefficient of 0.93. Construct validity of the Williams Scale of Attitude toward Paganism was demonstrated by the clear association with measures of participation in private rituals. |
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| ISSN: | 0084-6724 |
| Contains: | In: Archive for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/157361210X500900 |