I am aware of spiritual well-being scales and the like. I am looking for a scale that measures perceived self-efficacy as it relates to the practice of religion and/or spirituality. I know that Bandura suggested that one can create a self-efficacy scale, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a scale already developed. Thanks.
Hi Richard, While not specifically religious self-efficacy, a scale Cass and I used does contain some questions which might suit. "RCOPE (Pargament, Koenig, & Perez, 2000, revised by Cass & Moore, 2006) (seeAppendix A) to a 20-item scale of two dimensions: spiritual support (e.g., looked to God for strength, support and guidance) and spiritual doubting (e.g., wondered if God really cares),was used to measure religious coping. There are 10 items per sub scale." The actual items are in our uploaded paper, which I attach for you. Regards, Kate
Thanks, Kathleen. I may develop a religious/spiritual self-efficacy scale and use the RCOPE for validation purposes (as well as others). I appreciate you answering my question. Blessings to you and yours. rew
When you create your scale, have you considered integrating attributes from the Wellness Wheel (Witmer, Sweeney & Myers, 1998)?
For instruments on religion and spirituality, you could give a look to Peter C. Hill and Ralph W. Hood Jr, "Measures of Religiosity" that offers more than 90 scales. We build ascale to measure spirituality and religion, and adapted RECOPE to adolescents in Spanish settings. My own experience tells me that you need to look at various questionnaires, than build your own instrument with items taken from the already made, and then test out with a reduced sample to assess if it works smoothly. Tell me please if you need more information; I would be happy to collaborate since we run a similar project.
Religion associated with the spirituality cannot be measured in any terms or in any words.To me it is an individual experience depending on the method ,cultivation faith,intuition which may helps us to view our life as merely an observer .
It is this experience which may help us to show the pathway of our life line under the divine light within the divinity within us .
Have you looked at the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity. This has been developed further by others to measure attitudes towards Judaism and Islam. There is also the Sahin Index of Islamic Moral Values.
I am studying effects of religiosity and spirituality among young adults and older children in a hospital setting I am interested in the scale you may come up with. I am currently using the RCOPE and other related scales like the wellness scale. Keep us in the loop and if you need to try out your findings in other settings, say, Africa, Just mention it.
Richard -- I am also seeking a religious self-efficacy scale. Have you, by chance, had any success in developing your own or modifying another scale to suit your needs? If so, would you be willing to share? If not, would you be interested in chatting and sharing ideas regarding the types of questions that might be useful to include?