The structure of the attitudes toward religion as measured by the Post-Critical Belief Scale: A structural modelling approach

Abstract This paper investigates the structure of Post-Critical Belief Scale (PCBS), which was designed by Hutsebaut (1996) to assess attitudes towards religion according Wulff’s (1991) model. Existing results suggest ambiguous solutions, with two, three, or four factors, when only four-factor solution is consistent theoretical In current study, we examined whether this hypothesized model indeed would be reflected in data, more appropriate, newly-developed, Set-Exploratory Structural Equation modeling (Set-ESEM) applied. The study carried out on a sample 952 participants. Set-ESEM provided evidence for good fit structure. Nevertheless, also identified some shortcomings measure and items may removed order increase measurement precision.