The internal structure of the Polish adaptation of the Post-critical Belief Scale Cover Image

Struktura wewnętrzna polskiej adaptacji Skali Przekonań Postkrytycznych
The internal structure of the Polish adaptation of the Post-critical Belief Scale

Author(s): Michał Wiechetek, Rafał P. Bartczuk, Beata Zarzycka
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: przekonania postkrytyczne; przekonania religijne; pomiar religijności

Summary/Abstract: Hutsebaut and his colleagues (1996, 2000; Fontaine et al., 2003) constructed the Post-Critical Belief Scale (PCBS) in order to measure the two dimensions along which Wulff (1991) summarized the various possible approaches to religion: Exclusion vs. Inclusion of Transcendence and Literal vs. Symbolic Interpretation. In the present article, the internal structure of the Polish version of the scale is analyzed. The results obtained in ten Polish samples (N = 1775) suggest that the internal structure of the Polish version partially reflects the assumed theoretical structure of PCBS. Furthermore, the results of principal component analysis and reliability analysis are presented in the article.

  • Issue Year: 16/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 539-561
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish