Religious and Spiritual Struggles Brief Inventory: Initial Validation and Psychometric Study

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https://doi.org/10.24016/2021.v7.188

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religious struggles, spiritual struggles, psychometric properties, validity

Abstract

Background: Religious and spiritual struggles are psychological conflicts associated with a relationship with divinity or religious organizations' particular practices and teachings. These struggles can affect health and well-being, causing emotional distress and pain. Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a brief measure that examines religious and spiritual struggles (R/E) from the theoretical framework of Exline. Method: This research had an instrumental design. An availability sampling composed of 312 participants residing in Puerto Rico was used. Results: The psychometric analysis confirmed that the scale has a four-dimensional structure (divine struggles, interpersonal struggles, evil struggles, intrapersonal struggles), solid reliability, construct validity, and convergent validity. The 14 items met good discrimination values. Conclusions: These results suggest that the instrument can measure four types of R/E struggles in Puerto Rican adults. Furthermore, this new instrument will allow the advancement of new research on R/E struggles in Puerto Rico and Latin America.

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2021-07-15

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González-Rivera, J., & Álvarez-Alatorre, Y. (2021). Religious and Spiritual Struggles Brief Inventory: Initial Validation and Psychometric Study. Interacciones, 7, e188. https://doi.org/10.24016/2021.v7.188

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Vol. 7 (2021): January - December

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Original paper

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