The Revised Faith Development Scale: An Option for a More Reliable Self-Report Measurement of Postconventional Religious Reasoning

The study of spiritual development has been challenged by difficulties with definitions and measurement. different faith traditions place different values on various aspects of spiritual development, yielding different definitions with implications for the measurement of the construct. This study fo...

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Authors: Harris, J. Irene (Author) ; Leak, Gary K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 24, Pages: 1-13
Further subjects:B Religious sociology
B Social sciences
B Religionspsycholigie
B Religionswissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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Summary:The study of spiritual development has been challenged by difficulties with definitions and measurement. different faith traditions place different values on various aspects of spiritual development, yielding different definitions with implications for the measurement of the construct. This study focuses on measurement of postconventional religious reasoning, which is a specific, measurable aspect of spiritual development with clear parallels in cognitive development. This research focuses on the Revised Faith development scale (RFds), a 16-item likert instrument that is easier to administer than previous interview measures of postconventional religious reasoning and more reliable than a previously developed self-report measure. preliminary assessment of convergent validity indicators support the use of the RFds.
Contains:Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004252073_002