Centrality of Religiosity Scale.
CRS
Centrality/salience of religion in personality across 5 core dimensions: Intellect (interest), Ideology (belief), Public practice, Private practice, and Religious Experience
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 15 (CRS-15; 3 per dimension); also CRS-10 and CRS-5; interreligious forms CRSi-7/14/20. 5-point agreement + frequency response options (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- 25+ countries / many languages incl. interreligious (Christian/Muslim/Jewish/Hindu/Buddhist) forms; e.g. DE, EN, ES, AR, ID, PL, Persian, plus others
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Huber, S., & Huber, O. W. (2012). The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS). Religions, 3(3), 710-724.
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