The Intrinsic Spirituality Scale

Hodge, David R.

doi:10.1300/j079v30n01_03

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“…We do not observe a relationship for those dimensions that reflect an external manifestation of religion, i.e., affiliation and frequency of practice. With regard to this latter observation, it has been suggested that in highly secularized societies, as is the case for the majority of countries in our sample, the external manifestation of religion is less pronounced, whereas being religious is more reflected as an intrinsic orientation (Hodge 2003; Inglehart and Baker 2000; Saroglou 2011). More specifically, many individuals in the analyzed countries formally belong to a specific religion (belonging); however, their affiliation does not necessarily provide guidelines for everyday life and motivational goals.…”

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confidence: 53%

Belonging, believing, bonding, and behaving: the relationship between religion and business ownership at the country level

2016

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This cross-country study adopts a competing theories approach in which both a value perspective and a social capital perspective are used to understand the relation between religion and a country’s business ownership rate. We distinguish among four dimensions of religion: belonging to a religious denomination, believing certain religious propositions, bonding to religious practices, and behaving in a religious manner. An empirical analysis of data from 30 OECD countries with multiple data points per country covering the period 1984–2010 suggests a positive relationship between religion and business ownership based on those dimensions that reflect the internal aspects of religiosity (i.e., believing and behaving). We do not observe a significant association for those dimensions that reflect more external aspects of religion (i.e., belonging and bonding). These results suggest that the social capital perspective prevails the value perspective, at least when internal aspects of religiosity are concerned. More generally, our study demonstrates the importance of distinguishing between different dimensions of religion when investigating the link between religion and entrepreneurship.

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confidence: 53%

Belonging, believing, bonding, and behaving: the relationship between religion and business ownership at the country level

2016

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“…In this study, the entire religion domain and select items of the spirituality domain were included in the abbreviated scale. In the spirituality domain, items were selected to be included based on those representing intrinsic aspects of spirituality 22. Items that probe about spiritual fulfillment through connections between nature, arts, relationships, and self were kept, whereas those asking for how such connections sustain one’s other needs such as feeling less stressed or being more positive were excluded.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some instruments focus on religious motivation/orientation such as Allport’s distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic orientations,21 which can help to identify the aspects of religiousness. These methods, however, have been criticized for being culturally constrained and not relevant to the larger construct of spirituality 19,22. In this regard, religiousness and spirituality are often conceptualized as unique albeit overlapping constructs 22.…”

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Testing domains of the healing experiences in all life stressors questionnaire in a cohort of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Chicago women

Mistretta¹,

Sloan²,

BrintzenhofeSzoc³

et al. 2017

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PurposePatients may deal with issues of spiritual and religious meaning when coping with life-threatening or chronic illness. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed the healing experiences in all life stressors (HEALS) questionnaire, an assessment to determine psychosocial spiritual adjustment to healing. Many measures assess religious and spiritual behavior, but there exists a need to capture the meaning of these factors in the process of healing. The instrument consists of spirituality, religion, interpersonal, and intrapersonal domains. This study explores the preliminary partial validation of the spirituality and religion domains of the HEALS against the Ironson–Woods Spirituality and Religiousness Index (IWSR).MethodsThe abbreviated HEALS, IWSR, and a measure of depression were completed by 205 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected women from Chicago as part of the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. Total scores on the HEALS and IWSR were correlated using Pearson correlations to examine convergent validity. Total depression scores were analyzed with Pearson correlations to investigate criterion validity.ResultsResponses between the abbreviated HEALS and IWSR were highly correlated (r=0.74). Similar to other measures of its kind, scores on the HEALS were associated with depressive symptoms. Women with clinically significant depressive symptoms scored significantly lower on the HEALS than women without. No significant differences were found for race, age, education, or HIV status.ConclusionThis study is an important step in the future validation of the HEALS. Results suggest that the spirituality and religion domains of the HEALS have good construct validity with the IWSR. After further validation, this measure may provide clinicians and researchers with a unique way to assess psychosocial spiritual healing.

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“…The Cronbach a for idealism and relativism was 0.85 and 0.79, respectively. Spirituality was measured using Hodge's (2003) six-item intrinsic spirituality scale. A representative item is: ''When I am faced with an important decision, my spirituality…'' (0 = plays absolutely no role; 10 = is the overriding consideration).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%