Assessment
name: Christian Spiritual Surrender
Scale (CSSS)
Scale
overview: The Christian
Spiritual Surrender Scale (CSSS) is a 10-item self-report measure of spiritual
surrender as a method of coping with adversity.
Authors: Laura Shannonhouse and others
Response
Type: A rating
scale using a five-point scale of agreement where 0 = strongly disagree to 4 =
strongly agree
Sample Scale
items
I actively
chose to turn my suffering over to God because I knew God loved me.
2. I turned
my troubles over to God while I actively tried to live out God’s plan.
Psychometric
properties
Cronbach’s
alpha value was strong at .93.
Content
validity was supported by expert judgment.
Construct
validity was supported by factor analysis indicating one factor.
The authors
also reported correlations with other measures supporting convergent and
divergent validity.
Availability:
Author
contact listed: lshannonhouse@gsu.edu
The full
set of 10 items is in the 2023 PsycTESTS reference below.
Reference
for the scale
Shannonhouse, L., McMartin, J., Sacco, S. J., Lewis Hall, M.
E., Park, C. L., Kim, D., Silverman, E., Kapic, K., & Aten, J. (2023).
Christian Spiritual Surrender Scale. PsycTESTS.
https://doi.org/10.1037/t87616-000
Shannonhouse, Laura, McMartin, Jason, Sacco, Shane J., Hall,
M. Elizabeth Lewis, Park, Crystal L., Kim, Dahee, Silverman, Eric, Kapic,
Kelly, & Aten, Jamie. (Jan 12, 2023). Spiritual surrender: Measurement of
an emic Christian religious coping strategy. Spirituality in Clinical
Practice, np. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/scp0000314
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Post Author
Geoffrey W. Sutton PhD is
Emeritus Professor of Psychology who publishes book and articles about clinical
and social psychology including the psychology of religion. Website: www.suttong.com
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