Construction and Standardization of Spiritual Experiences Scale (SES)
<p><strong>Background and Objective:</strong> Spirituality as a cultural fact is one of the principles that will affect many aspects of life. This research aims to build a scale to assess and evaluate the reliability and validity of spiritual experiences and its exploratory factor...
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| author | Zeynab Mohammad Alipour Sayed Hadi Sayed Alitabar Sara Bamdad Ali Zadeh Mohammadi Maede Sadat Etesami |
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| description | <p><strong>Background and Objective:</strong> Spirituality as a cultural fact is one of the principles that will affect many aspects of life. This research aims to build a scale to assess and evaluate the reliability and validity of spiritual experiences and its exploratory factor structure.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods</strong>: The research was a correlational study. The study population included all employees of the Shahid Beheshti University, including 220 participants (105 females and 115 males) with the stratified sampling and proportional allocation method and Cohen's d formula, were selected. The instrument was spiritual experience scale (SES). For assessing the internal validity of instrument correlation coefficient was used for each question and the total score categories. The exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the 25 items of the scale. internal consistency was evaluated by Cronbach's alpha and retest was used for concurrent validity.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: In the initial factor analysis, three factors were obtained with the particular value of greater than 1 and second factor analysis was limited to these three factors. Based on the content of the material three factors were named "personal relationship with God," "communication and perception beyond" and "the presence of God and receive spiritual support." The internal consistency of this scale was good (Cronbach's alpha, 93.0 and repeatability within ten days, 78.0).</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The study showed that the spiritual experience scale in Iranian society was valid and reliable. So self-report scale is a useful tool for research purposes.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d930112dec44426b059f4c71d2cd70f2022-12-21T17:14:38ZfasShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesSalāmat-i ijtimā̒ī2383-30332423-47022016-12-01331901998065Construction and Standardization of Spiritual Experiences Scale (SES)Zeynab Mohammad Alipour0Sayed Hadi Sayed Alitabar1Sara Bamdad2Ali Zadeh Mohammadi3Maede Sadat Etesami4Ph.D Student, Counseling, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.Ph.D Student, Career Counseling, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranMaster of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Khomeini shahr, Isfahan, IranAssociate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IranMaster of Clinical Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran<p><strong>Background and Objective:</strong> Spirituality as a cultural fact is one of the principles that will affect many aspects of life. This research aims to build a scale to assess and evaluate the reliability and validity of spiritual experiences and its exploratory factor structure.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods</strong>: The research was a correlational study. The study population included all employees of the Shahid Beheshti University, including 220 participants (105 females and 115 males) with the stratified sampling and proportional allocation method and Cohen's d formula, were selected. The instrument was spiritual experience scale (SES). For assessing the internal validity of instrument correlation coefficient was used for each question and the total score categories. The exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the 25 items of the scale. internal consistency was evaluated by Cronbach's alpha and retest was used for concurrent validity.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: In the initial factor analysis, three factors were obtained with the particular value of greater than 1 and second factor analysis was limited to these three factors. Based on the content of the material three factors were named "personal relationship with God," "communication and perception beyond" and "the presence of God and receive spiritual support." The internal consistency of this scale was good (Cronbach's alpha, 93.0 and repeatability within ten days, 78.0).</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The study showed that the spiritual experience scale in Iranian society was valid and reliable. So self-report scale is a useful tool for research purposes.</p>http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/en-ch/article/view/15174Spirituality, Standardization, Construction, Perception, Factor Analysis |
| spellingShingle | Zeynab Mohammad Alipour Sayed Hadi Sayed Alitabar Sara Bamdad Ali Zadeh Mohammadi Maede Sadat Etesami Construction and Standardization of Spiritual Experiences Scale (SES) Salāmat-i ijtimā̒ī Spirituality, Standardization, Construction, Perception, Factor Analysis |
| title | Construction and Standardization of Spiritual Experiences Scale (SES) |
| title_full | Construction and Standardization of Spiritual Experiences Scale (SES) |
| title_fullStr | Construction and Standardization of Spiritual Experiences Scale (SES) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Construction and Standardization of Spiritual Experiences Scale (SES) |
| title_short | Construction and Standardization of Spiritual Experiences Scale (SES) |
| title_sort | construction and standardization of spiritual experiences scale ses |
| topic | Spirituality, Standardization, Construction, Perception, Factor Analysis |
| url | http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/en-ch/article/view/15174 |
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