Confirmatory Analysis of the Indonesian Version of the Centrality Religiosity Scale

Abstract

Religiosity in studies of sociology and psychology of religion is generally measured by using a scale constructed for a particular religious tradition. The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CSR) developed by Huber & Huber (2012) is a religiosity measure scale that can be used by adherents of different religions. Research on religiosity in heterogeneous Indonesian society requires an instrument that can be used by various religious adherents. The purpose of this study is to translate and test the reliability and validity of CSR from English to Indonesian. The translated CRS is a 15-item version that is divided into 5 dimensions, namely ideology, knowledge, experience, public worship, and private worship. This study was conducted in 2 stages. It began with translating the English version of the CRS-15 measuring instrument into Indonesian which was carried out using the back forward translation method from Brislin (1980). The next stage was to test the psychometric appropriateness of CRS-15 using confirmation analysis which was conducted on data from 328 research respondents who were recruited using a convenient sampling technique. The results of statistical analysis showed satisfactory reliability results (α=.787). In addition, it was also indicated that the Indonesian version of the CRS consists of 14 items and could be used in studies of religiosity in Indonesian-speaking communities.