Questionnaire to Measure Eastern and Western Thought
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 44 (3) , 835-841
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1979.44.3.835
Abstract
A questionnaire was developed to reflect traditional Eastern and Western world views. The Eastern perspective is conceived of as the basically monistic view of existence shared by Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Hinduism; the Western view, on the other hand, is seen as based on the dualistic outlook of reality underlying both Judeo-Christian and much of Greek thought. Test-retest reliability over 2 wk., based on responses of 83 college students, is .76. A study involving 4 American Buddhists, 69 Transpersonal psychologists. 29 business executives, 17 legal administrators, and 173 college students with various majors suggests that the questionnaire has considerable predictive validity.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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