Assessment of mental health, religion and culture: the development and examination of psychometric measures (Part IX)

Abstract

This series aims to provide a dedicated forum for researchers to publish data on newly developed measures, or indeed established measures, that are of practical value for researchers interested in examining the relationship between the constructs of mental health, religion, and culture.Over the last five years or so, this series has become an annual, and sometimes a biannual fixture in the content of Mental Health, Religion & Culture. The frequency of publication affirms the popularity of this series. The series has now become a well-established resource for researchers and practitioners alike. The most recent edition of the series, Part VIII (Lewis & Krok, 2020a, 2020b, contained a collection of articles from one context, that of Poland. Part IX returns to a more geographically diverse collection of articles.Previous articles have been presented in three areas. First, those articles focused on the psychometric properties of recently developed new scales. Second, those articles focused on the evaluation of the psychometric properties of published scales translated into another language. Third, those articles focused on the evaluation of the psychometric properties of scales employed in various cultural contexts and religious samples. The present Special Issue continues with this format. This Special Issue consists of eight articles. First, one article is presented that has focused on the development of a new scale. Kazemzadeh Atoofi et al. (2021) report among a sample of 156 Iranian university students, the development of the brief version of the Belief in a Day of Judgment Scale (Beshai & Lester, 2013) in the Farsi language. Second, six articles are presented that have focused on the evaluation of the psychometric properties of previously published scales that have been translated into other languages. Alaloul et al. (2021) report among a sample of 63 adult Arabic cancer survivors post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation the satisfactory psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (Sherbourne & Stewart, 1991). Dadfar Lester, and Sanadgol (2021) report among a sample of 72 Iran University of Medical Sciences staff and a sample of 102 Iranian psychiatric outpatients the satisfactory psychometric properties of the Farsi version of the Interpersonal Mattering Scale (Elliott et al., 2004). Francis et al. (2021) report among a sample of 287 Catholic priests and religious sisters in Italy the satisfactory psychometric properties of the Italian version of a revised version of the Francis Burnout Inventory (Francis et al., 2005). Koukounaras Liagkis and Ktenidis (2021) report among a sample of 317 Greek students aged 13-19 years old the satisfactory psychometric properties of the Greek translation (Youtika et al., 1999) of the Francis Scale of Attitudes