Centrality of Buddhist Religiosity Scale: Adaptation and Validation of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale in a Buddhist Sample in Vietnam

This paper describes an adaptation of the Centrality Religiosity Scale to Buddhist religious tradition (CBRS) and a validation in Vietnam. The sample included data from 421 Vietnamese Buddhists (300 females, 121 males), aged 17 71 years (M=35.03, SD=13.09). results provided evidence for good psychometric properties short, intermediate, long version: CBRS-5, CBRS-10, CBRS-15 respectively. Specifically, exploratory confirmatory factor analyses supported measure’s original five-factor structure: intellect, ideology, public practice, private experience. Furthermore, has proven be stable psychological construct across three versions CBRS was associated strongly with Gordon Allport’s notion intrinsic orientation. also suggested that Stefan Huber’s centrality religiosity model can capture used measure five theoretical defined core dimensions Buddhism.