Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity—Description of Concepts and Validation of Instruments
Why do we need more questionnaires to measure aspects of spirituality/religiosity when we already have so many well-tried instruments in use? One answer is that research in this field is growing and that new research questions continuously do arise. Several of these new questions cannot be easily an...
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| description | Why do we need more questionnaires to measure aspects of spirituality/religiosity when we already have so many well-tried instruments in use? One answer is that research in this field is growing and that new research questions continuously do arise. Several of these new questions cannot be easily answered with the instruments designed for previous questions. The field is expanding and, consequently, the research topics. Meanwhile several multidimensional instruments were developed which cover existential, prosocial, religious and non-religious forms of spirituality, hope, peace and trust—and several more. The ‘disadvantage’ of these instruments is the fact that some are conceptually broad and often rather unspecific, but they might be suited quite well for culturally and spiritually diverse populations when the intention is to compare such diverse groups. This is the reason why more research on new instruments is needed as can be found in this Special Issue, and to stimulate a critical debate about their pros and cons. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-529172024-04-08T19:53:24Z Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity—Description of Concepts and Validation of Instruments Büssing, Arndt BL1-50 religious trust n/a healthy persons religion and health bereavement psychometric properties meaning making Katz-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Judaism quantitative measure measures religiosity children medical ethics life satisfaction communication validation struggle needs well-being SHALOM spirituality DUREL anxiety spiritual crisis latent Reliance on God’s help physician values Judaism quality of life attitude distress questionnaire faith affective religiosity measurement spiritual struggle Buddhism spiritual well-being psychology China complicated grief God complicated spiritual grief bifactor RCI-10 religion spiritual care assess chronic illness confirmatory factor analysis cancer depression Australia bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs Why do we need more questionnaires to measure aspects of spirituality/religiosity when we already have so many well-tried instruments in use? One answer is that research in this field is growing and that new research questions continuously do arise. Several of these new questions cannot be easily answered with the instruments designed for previous questions. The field is expanding and, consequently, the research topics. Meanwhile several multidimensional instruments were developed which cover existential, prosocial, religious and non-religious forms of spirituality, hope, peace and trust—and several more. The ‘disadvantage’ of these instruments is the fact that some are conceptually broad and often rather unspecific, but they might be suited quite well for culturally and spiritually diverse populations when the intention is to compare such diverse groups. This is the reason why more research on new instruments is needed as can be found in this Special Issue, and to stimulate a critical debate about their pros and cons. 2021-02-11T18:58:05Z 2021-02-11T18:58:05Z 2019-04-25 16:37:17 2019 book 33239 9783038977582 9783038977599 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/52917 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://play.google.com/books/publish/a/14935057684283403269#details/ISBN:9783038977582 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1261 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03897-759-9 10.3390/books978-3-03897-759-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783038977582 9783038977599 148 open access |
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| topic | BL1-50 religious trust n/a healthy persons religion and health bereavement psychometric properties meaning making Katz-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Judaism quantitative measure measures religiosity children medical ethics life satisfaction communication validation struggle needs well-being SHALOM spirituality DUREL anxiety spiritual crisis latent Reliance on God’s help physician values Judaism quality of life attitude distress questionnaire faith affective religiosity measurement spiritual struggle Buddhism spiritual well-being psychology China complicated grief God complicated spiritual grief bifactor RCI-10 religion spiritual care assess chronic illness confirmatory factor analysis cancer depression Australia bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs |
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