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Santa Clara Sacredness Scale-Overview

Sacred Places, 2026 Assessment name: Santa Clara Sacredness Scale Scale overview: The Santa Clara Sacredness Scale, developed by Plante and Gustavel (2026), is a concise, publicly available questionnaire designed to evaluate an individual's perception of sacredness. This 10-item scale demonstrates satisfactory psychometric properties, such as an alpha coefficient of .81 (Sutton, 2026, May 13). Cite this Post Sutton, G. W. (2026, May 13). Santa Clara Sacredness Scale-Overview.  Assessment, Statistics, and Research.  https://statistics.suttong.com/2026/05/santa-clara-sacredness-scale.html Authors: Thomas Plante and Isabella Gustavel Response Type:  Items are evaluated using a 4-point Likert scale. Participants indicate their level of agreement by selecting a response from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). Scale items (Examples) ___ 1. I believe that God/the divine/the sacred is present within everyone. ___ 2. I see the sacred or divine in others, even if I ...