Spirituality Scale: Development, Validity and Reliability


The Spiritual Scale has been developed for evaluating the various dimensions of human spirituality, such as searching for the meaning of the individual, searching for the meaning of life, seeking the ultimate truth or the highest value, the mystery of creation, the feeling of attachment to God, the privatization of faith in Turkey. The items of the scale were obtained by using the related literature and other scales. The opinions of 11 experts who were involved in the subject were taken and the final form was given. Lastly, 573 individuals (412 women, 161 men) between the ages of 16 and 67 participated in the study of the development of a scale from a total of 55 items. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to test the validity of the Spirituality Scale. It was observed and observed that there were seven (7) factors describing 49.16% of the total variance of the scale. In the confirmatory factor analysis (DFA), it was found that the fit indices were appropriate ([χ2 (833,651, sd = 303, p = .000); χ2 / sd = 2.75; RMSEA = 0.05; SRMR = 0.04; GFI = 0.90 ; AGFI = 0.88; CFI = 0.91; IFI = 0.91; NFI = 0.90; RFI = 0.85). Thus, a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 27 items emerged. 128 university students (71 female, 57 male) participated in the criterion-dependent validity and reliability studies of the scale. Correlations of the validity of similar scales were found r = .75 p <.01. In the reliability study results of the scale, Cronbach Alpha 0.90; Guttman 0,91; Spearman Brown 0.89; test-retest reliability coefficient r = .95. The resulting data show that the Spirituality Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for adults.


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Spirituality, scale, reliability and validity

Author : Turgay ŞİRİN
Number of pages: 1283-1309
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.13996
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Journal of Turkish Studies
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