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The Internal Consistency Reliability of the Santosh-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Hinduism among Balinese Hindus

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  1. Faculty of Medicine at Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia

    C. B. J. Lesmana (Assistant Professor)

  2. University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Niko Tiliopoulos (Lecturer in Psychology)

  3. University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Leslie J. Francis (Professor of Religions and Education)

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Lesmana, C.B.J., Tiliopoulos, N. & Francis, L.J. The Internal Consistency Reliability of the Santosh-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Hinduism among Balinese Hindus. Hindu Studies 15, 293–301 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-011-9108-5

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