Intimacy with God: Development of An Emic Christian Measure and Relationship to Well-Being
From a Christian theological perspective, intimacy with God is an important element of the Christian life. However, while other aspects of relationship with God have been examined in the psychology of religion, intimacy with God has not been the focus of study. In this project, we offer a conceptual...
| Subtitles: | "Special issue: Measurement of emic Christian construct" |
|---|---|
| Authors: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
2022
|
| In: |
Journal of psychology and christianity
Year: 2022, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
/ Privacy
/ Mental health
|
| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion CB Christian life; spirituality |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian Life
B Intimacy (Psychology) B RELIGIOUS psychology B Christianity B God B Religious Literature |
| Summary: | From a Christian theological perspective, intimacy with God is an important element of the Christian life. However, while other aspects of relationship with God have been examined in the psychology of religion, intimacy with God has not been the focus of study. In this project, we offer a conceptualization of intimacy with God as a construct, which integrates theological perspectives with literature on human intimacy processes. Both are needed in the development of an intimacy with God measure. We then establish and confirm its factor structure and evaluate its construct validity in online samples of Christians who indicated they experienced suffering. In addition, we demonstrate incremental validity over two etic measures of relationship with God with respect to well-being outcomes. We conclude that the Intimacy with God Scale captures an important aspect of relationship to God that has not been robustly captured in previous measures and that is associated with well-being. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0733-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity
|