Assessment
name: Interfaith Spirituality
Scale
Scale
overview: The Interfaith
Spirituality Scale is a self-report rating scale that measures spirituality in
four dimensions labelled: Direct connection with the creator, Asceticism,
Meditation, and Divine Love.
Authors: Kira, I., Shuwiekh, H., Al-Huwailah, A. H.,
Zidan, T., & Bujold-Bugeaud, M.
Response
Type: Four choice
rating scale of what is true about oneself ( 4 = mostly true about me, 1 = not
true about me)
Scale
items (Four Categories having different
numbers of items)
Direct connection
with the creator
Items refer to feelings and other
aspects of the relationship between the person and their understanding of the
creator.
Asceticism
Items refer to self-control, modesty,
and related concepts
Meditation
Items refer to meditating,
reflection on life, and similar concepts
Divine Love
Items refer
to a person’s sense of divine love
Psychometric
properties
The authors
include the results of a factor analysis supporting construct validity in their
2021 article.
Information
on reliability includes alpha values of .92 for the 23-item version. The
researchers also included alpha values for the subscales and a 4-week test-retest
value of .72.
Validity coefficients
provide early evidence for validity based on values associated with several
measures such as a positive relationship with self-esteem and religiosity and
an inverse relationship with PTSD.
Availability:
The IFS can
be found in the PsycTESTS reference below and in the Appendix to the
article published in 2021.
Reference
for the scale
Kira, I., Shuwiekh, H., Al-Huwailah, A. H., Zidan, T., &
Bujold-Bugeaud, M. (2019). Interfaith Spirituality Scale [Database record].
Retrieved from PsycTESTS. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/t70731-000
Kira, I., Shuwiekh, H., Al-Huwailah, A. H., Zidan, T., &
Bujold-Bugeaud, M. (2021). Measuring interfaith spirituality: Initial
validation and psychometrics. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 13(3),
324–339. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000242.supp (Supplemental)
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