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  Overview Satisfaction with Counseling (SWC) is a one-item measure used in a study of Christian counseling (Sutton et al., 2018).  Test Item Participants were asked: “ Overall, how satisfied were you with the counseling experience?”   Rating Scale They rated the item on a 5-point scale of satisfaction (Highly satisfied, Somewhat satisfied, Neutral, Somewhat dissatisfied, Very dissatisfied).  In study 2, the SWC was significantly positively correlated with two outcome measures Schwartz Outcome Scale   (SOS) .63 Theistic Outcome Scale  (TSOS)  .65 Adult Hope Scale    . 61  Avoidant subscale of the   Attachment to GodInventory    -.40 Spiritual Practices Index   .37 Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale    .54 Related Scale Likelihood of Return to a Christian Counselor (LRCC)  Permissions The scale is free to use or modify if you cite the source in the reference section below. Reference for the scale Sutton...

  The  Likelihood of Return to a Christian Counselor (LRCC) is a one-item scale. Participants in a study of Christian counseling answered one question (“Based on your experience, how likely are you to see a Christian counselor if you felt the need for counseling in the future?”) posed in the Likelihood of Return to a Christian Counselor (LRCC; Sutton et al., 2018).  The participants responded on a 5-point scale of likelihood ( Highly likely, Somewhat likely, Neutral, Somewhat unlikely, Not at all likely).  In study 2, the SCC was significantly positively correlated with the following measures: Schwartz Outcome Scale (SOS) . 56 Theistic Outcome Scale (TSOS) . 62 Adult Hope Scale    . 53  Avoidant subscale of the Attachment to God Inventory   -.46 Spiritual Practices Index   .43 Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale    .51 the number of treatment sessions  . 36 Related Scale Satisfaction With Counseling (SWC) Generalization Althou...

  Assessment name:   Islamic Religiosity Scale (IRS) Scale overview: The Islamic Religiosity Scale is a 16-item self-report measure of Islamic beliefs and practices. Authors:   Tiliouine, Habib ;  Cummins, Robert A. ;  Davern, Melanie Response Type: The items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Scale items: The items refer to Islamic practices such as prayer, studying the Koran, and charity. Psychometric properties Alpha values varied with the subscales (Tiliouine et al., 2009). Availability: Author contact Tiliouine, Habib: htiliouine@yahoo.fr The full set of items can be found in the PsycTESTS reference. Resource Links:    A – Z Test Index    A - Z Index of Spiritual & Religious Assessment  References for the scale: Tiliouine, H., Cummins, R. A., & Davern, M. (2009). Islamic Religiosity Scale. PsycTESTS . https://doi.org/10.1037/t18902-000 Tiliouine, H., Cummins, R. A., & Davern, M. (200...

  Assessment name:   Knowledge-Practice Measure of Islamic Religiosity (KPMIR) Scale overview: The Knowledge-Practice Measure of Islamic Religiosity (KPMIR) Author: Mohammad Adnan Alghorani Response Type: Multiple choice Scales and items: There are 100 items in the overall KPMIR measure, which has two scales: Islamic Knowledge and Islamic Practice. The Islamic Knowledge scale includes five subscales: Knowledge of Creed, Worship, Appearance, Jurisprudence, History. The Islamic Practice scale has four subscales: Practice of Creed, Worship, Appearance, and Jurisprudence. Psychometric properties The sample was 211 Muslim students in a US High School. Content validity was based on the expert judgment of Muslim scholars. Internal consistency values were high for the full scale and the subscales. Cronbach alpha values   Full scale = .920     Islamic Knowledge = .842       Islamic Practice = .882 See Alghorani (2008) for detail...

  Assessment name:   Islamic Doctrinal Orthodoxy (IDO) Scale overview: The Islamic Doctrinal Orthodoxy (IDO) scale is an eight-item self-report measure of Islamic beliefs (Ji & Ibrahim, 2007). Authors: Ji & Ibrahim Response Type: Participants rate the items on a 9-point scale of agreement. Scale items : The authors (Ji & Ibrahim, 2007b) reported two factors: Cognitive-Abstract Orthodoxy (CAO) and Ritualistic-Judgmental Orthodoxy (RJO). The items assess agreement with Islamic teachings on Allah, Mohammed the Prophet, the Koran, the five pillars of Islam, and the last judgment. Examples CAO: “I believe there is no other God but Allah” RJO: “Salah is crucial to the life of a Muslim” Psychometric properties Overall alpha was high at .90 (Ji & Ibrahim, 2007a). The alpha levels for the subscales were also high (Ji & Ibrahim, 2007b) CAO = .93 and RJO = .83. The correlation of the IDO with Intrinsic religiosity was low but reliable (.17). Th...

Jama Masjid, India   Assessment name:   Muslim Attitudes Toward Religion Scale (MARS) Scale overview: The Muslim Attitudes Toward Religion Scale (MARS) is a 14-item measure of Islamic religiosity (Wilde & Joseph, 1997). Authors: Wilde & Joseph Response Type: 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) . Scores on the total scale have a possible range of 14 to 70, with higher scores indicating a more positive attitude Scale items There are three subscales (with sample items)   Personal Help: “Saying my prayer helps me a lot.”   Muslim Worldview: “I like to learn about Allah very much.”   Muslims’ Practices: “I pray five times a day.” Psychometric properties Internal consistency was high (alpha = .93) and there is support for construct validity and concurrent validity based on correlations with other measures of religiosity (Ghorbani et al., 2000; Wilde & Joseph, 1997). Ghorbani et al. (2000) ide...