Assessment
name: Divine
Spiritual Struggles Scale
Scale
overview: The Divine
Spiritual Struggles Scale measures the degree of distress experienced by
adolescents in their relationship with God or a higher power. Scale data were
obtained from a sample of adolescents who reported sexual abuse.
Authors: Ernest Jouriles and others (see scale
reference)
0 = not at
all
1 =
somewhat
2 = quite a
bit
3 = a great
deal
Scale
items
The four
items in the scale can be found in the PsycTESTS reference below.
Psychometric
properties
The scale
was used in two studies (see Jouriles et al., 2020) with a combined n of 347 adolescents who had a
mean age of 13.53 and 13.71, respectively. More than 90% were girls. Most of the girls
identified as Christian.
Reliability
and discriminant validity values were reported. Higher scores on the scale were
significantly correlated with adjustment problems after adjusting for other
included variables.
Availability:
The four
items in the scale can be found in the PsycTESTS reference below.
Reference
for the scale
Jouriles, E. N., Rancher, C., Mahoney, A., Kurth, C., Cook,
K., & McDonald, R. (2020). Divine spiritual struggles and psychological
adjustment among adolescents who have been sexually abused. Psychology
of Violence, 10(3), 334–343.
Jouriles, E. N., Rancher, C., Mahoney, A., Kurth, C., Cook, K., & McDonald, R. (2020). Divine Spiritual Struggles Scale. PsycTESTS. https://doi.org/10.1037/t83716-000
Related Scales
Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale
The Brief RCOPE scale (Religious Coping)
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