Reprint

Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity (2018)

Edited by
April 2019
180 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03897-932-6 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03897-933-3 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity (2018) that was published in

Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Summary

The interest in the topic of spirituality as a more or less independent dimension of quality of life is continuously growing, and research questions are beginning to change as the field of religiosity changes, becoming more diverse and pluralistic. Addressing new topics in health research also relies on standardized questionnaires. The number of instruments intended to measure specific aspects of spirituality is growing, and it is particularly difficult to evaluate the new instruments. This Special Issue will focus on some of the established instruments (updating them to different languages and cultures), but will also describe the features and intentions of newly-developed instruments, which may potentially be used in larger studies to develop knowledge relevant to spiritual care and practice. This Special Issue will serve as a resource on the instruments used to study the wide range of organized religiosity, the individual experience of the divine, and an open approach in the search for meaning and purpose in life.

Format
  • Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND licence
Keywords
spirituality; Franciscan; validation; questionnaire; Christian religious practices; Catholics; engagement frequency; validation; questionnaire; spiritual needs; questionnaire; factorial structure; validation; structural equation modeling; patients; chronic disease; healthy persons; elderly; spirituality; spiritual well-being; religiosity; religious beliefs; clinical setting; evaluation; measurement; scoping review; attitudes towards religion; Filipino students; religiosity; spirituality; self-report measure of religion; moral injury; internal conflict; post-traumatic stress disorder; veterans; active duty military; Attachment to God Inventory; IAD-Br; styles of attachment; attachment theory; Validation; Brazil; awe; gratitude; spirituality; validation; questionnaire; psychometric properties; transcultural adaptation; spiritual needs; people living with HIV; spirituality; spiritual well-being; translation; validation; SHALOM; Lithuania; spiritual jihad; Islam; Muslims; struggles; growth; spiritual needs; translation; exploratory factor analysis; internal consistency; n/a