This is a 28-item (very) shortened version of the SDI-B found in the Appendix of Saucier, 2000 ( pp. 384-385)
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All coefficients involve N=803 (combined samples from Saucier, 2000)
Alphaisms...coefficient alpha .75
ZZLEGA1Y Legalism-1y I adhere strictly and literally to a code of religion and morality.
ZZINST1Y Institutionalism-1y I adhere to an organized religion.
CALVIN Calvinism God is all-powerful, and those whom God chooses will be saved by God's grace alone.
SECULAR2 Secularism-2 Religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs and public education.
ZZLIB4AZ Liberalism-4az I put little emphasis on religious dogma.
EVOLUTI2 Evolutionism-2 I believe in biological evolution.
(note: last three items are reverse-scored)
Betaisms...coefficient alpha .70
SENSUAL2 Sensualism-2 The pleasures of the senses are the highest good.
MATERIA2 Materialism-2 Physical well-being and worldly possessions are the greatest good and highest value in life.
ZZMATE1Y Materialism-1y Everything -- including thought, feeling, mind, and will -- can be explained in terms of matter and physical phenomena.
ZZFAS1BZ Fascism-1bz The government ought to suppress and censor the opposition.
SOLIPS2 Solipsism-2 The self is the only reality.
ETHNOCE1 Ethnocentrism-1 I believe in the superiority of my own ethnic group.
Gammaisms...coefficient alpha .66
PATRIOT Patriotism I love and am devoted to my country.
CONSTI2B Constitutionalism-2b I am in favor of a constitutional form of government.
ZZEXIS_Y Existentialism-y The individual is a self-determining agent responsible for how authentic and genuine his or her choices are.
HUMAN4 Humanism-4 I emphasize reason, scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world.
FUNCTIO2 Functionalism-2 I stress purpose, practicality, and usefulness.
ZZLOGP_X Logical Positivism-x Observable data are necessary to find out whether factual statements are true.
NEOLIBER Neoliberalism We ought to emphasize economic growth but also be concerned with social justice.
FUNDAME2 Fundamentalism-2 I adhere firmly to fundamental and basic principles.
Deltaisms...coefficient alpha .65
ZZHIND_X Hinduism-x I believe in a supreme being of many forms and natures.
ZZBERG_Y Bergsonism-y All living things arise from a persisting natural force, a vital living spirit or glow.
TRANSCE2 Transcendentalism-2 There is an ideal spiritual reality that goes beyond sense experience and science and is knowable through intuition.
ZENBUDDH Zen Buddhism Enlightenment can be gained through meditation, self-contemplation, and intuition.
ANIM1 Animism-1 Natural objects and even nature itself have conscious life.
ANTHROMO Anthropomorphism Many nonhuman things have human motivation and human characteristics.
ZZJAIN_Y Jainism-y I emphasize the liberation of the soul through self-discipline and nonviolence toward all living creatures.
SPIRIT1A Spiritualism-1a The dead communicate with the living through mediums.
Rotated Factor Matrix
Factor
1 2 3 4
ZZLEGA1Y .72 . 11 . 15 -.10
ZZINST1Y .64 .00 .07 .02
SECULAR2 -.55 .16 .03 .03
ZZLIB4AZ -.54 .05 .05 .08
EVOLUTI2 -.52 .09 .22 .18
CALVIN .51 .18 -.01 .07
MATERIA2 -.13 .59 .01 .08
SENSUAL2 -.02 . 58 .00 .20
ZZMATE1Y .01 .52 .05 -.05
ETHNOCE1 .10 .50 -.11 -.01
ZZFAS1BZ .23 .49 -.19 .02
SOLIPS2 -.13 48 -.05 .15
PATRIOT .17 .02 .51 -.01
CONSTI2B .03 -.19 .51 -.09
HUMAN4 -.22 .08 .48 .20
ZZEXIS_Y -.08 -.10 .48 .14
NEOLIBER -.02 -.21 .47 .11
FUNCTIO2 .00 -.05 .44 -.06
ZZLOGP_X -.08 .10 .36 .10
FUNDAME2 .27 .06 .35 -.06
ZZHIND_X -02 .07 .00 .50
ZZBERG_Y .11 -.03 .06 .50
TRANSCE2 .18 -.18 .12 .45
ZZJAIN_Y -.08 .02 .20 .45
ZENBUDDH -.14 .01 .14 .44
ANIM1 -.07 .15 .02 .41
SPIRIT1A -.12 .18 -.14 .39
ANTHROMO -.11 .11 -.12 .37
Extraction Method: Principal Axis Factoring.
Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.
a Rotation converged in 5 iterations.
In this and also quartimax, equamax, promax (kappa=4), and oblimin (delta=0) all of the items load most highly on the intended factor. Thus, this solution is essentially robust across rotation methods, at least in the derivation sample.
Descriptive Statistics (averge response, 1 to 5 rating scale)
N Mean Std. Deviation
Alpha 803 3.3472 .91263
Beta 803 2.3068 .74036
Gamma 803 3.7228 .53999
Delta 803 3.1177 .64000
Valid N (listwise) 803