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. 2019 Sep 26;16(19):3618. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16193618

Table 1.

Description of different variables and their measurements.

Measure Variable Category Measure Items References
Incense burning Independent Variable Categorical coding:
1 for a traditional burner; 2 for an electronic burner; 3 for an electronic burner with doctrine reminder, as described in Figure 1
Buddhism religiosity Dependent Variable Buddhism forms an important basis for the kind of person I want to be.
My ideas on Buddhism have a big influence on my view in other areas.
Were I to think about Buddhism differently, my whole life would be very different.
I often think about Buddhist matters.
Buddhism is one of the most important parts of my philosophy of life.
Putney and Middleton, 2006
Worship intention Dependent Variable I am willing to use this incense to pray.
The likelihood for me to pray with this incense is high.
Probability for me to pray with this incense is high.
Dodds, Mon and Grewal, 1991
Self-efficacy on health Mediator My behavior can have a positive effect in support of promoting health.
I feel I could keep health by using this electronic incense.
I could promote health by using health-friendly electronic incense.
Kim and Choi, 2005
Health-promotion intention Dependent Variable The probability for me to adopt health-promotion behavior is high Filipkowski et al., 2010