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Divine Forgiveness Scale Fincham and May

 


Assessment name:  Divine Forgiveness Scale

Scale overview: Divine Forgiveness is a five-item self-report measure of a person’s perception of being forgiven by God.

Authors: Frank Fincham and Ross May

Response Type: The first 3 items are rated on a 4-point scale of agreement from strongly disagree to strongly agree.

The last 2 item are rated on a scale of frequency of forgiveness from never to many times.

Scale items See Fincham and May 2023, page 168 and 2019 page 3.

“How often have you felt that God forgives you?”

“I am certain that God forgives me when I seek His forgiveness”

“Knowing that I am forgiven for my sins gives me the strength to face my faults and

be a better person”

“How often do you experience situations in which you have the feeling that God is merciful to you?”

“How often do you experience situations in which you have the feeling that

God delivers you from a debt?”

Psychometric properties

Refer to two Fincham and May publications identified by date as 2019 or 2023.

The total score is used in calculations.

Higher scores indicate greater divine forgiveness.

In 2019, coefficient alpha was .71 and test-retest reliability = .56 over 7 weeks.

In study 1 (2023), coefficient alpha values were .93 and .92.

Factor analysis supported a single factor in 2019 and 2023.

Divine forgiveness was significantly positively correlated with religiosity (2023).

Divine forgiveness was significantly positively correlated with the Heartland Self-forgiveness scale (2019).

See also the related measure of Conditional-Unconditional Divine Forgiveness.

 

Availability: See references to Fincham and May 2019 and 2023 below.

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Beliefs, Practices, Values, & Experiences

 

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Reference for the scale

Fincham, F. D., & May, R. W. (2023). Divine forgiveness and interpersonal forgiveness: Which comes first? Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 15(2), 167–173. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000418

Fincham, F. D., & May, R. W. (2019). Self-forgiveness and well-being: Does divine forgiveness matter? The Journal of Positive Psychology, 14, 854–859.

 

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