Measuring Multiple Dimensions of Religion and Spirituality for Health Research

By E. Idler, M. Musick, C. Ellison, L. George, N. Krause, M. Ory, K. Pargament, L. Powell, L. Underwood, David R. Williams. 2003

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Religion and Spirituality as Predictors of Well-Being Among Chinese American and Korean American Older Adults (2007, result): “The reliability coefficients for the current sample were lower, compared with the reported Chronbach alpha of each MMRS subscales in other studies (Idler et al., 2003; NIA/ Fetzer, 1999).”
Attachment to God, Stressful Life Events, and Changes in Psychological Distress (2012, background): “Studies in this area have identified a number of relevant religious and spiritual domains, including organizational participation, congregational support systems, spiritual coping practices, religious motivations, and others (Hill and Pargament 2008; Idler et al. 2003; Krause 2008).”
Prayer, Attachment to God, and Symptoms of Anxiety-Related Disorders among U.S. Adults (2014, background): “At the same time, however, religion is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon, and there remains ambiguity over which facets of religiousness are most germane to mental health (Hill and Pargament 2003; Idler et al. 2003).”
Concerns About Measuring “Spirituality” in Research (2008, background): “There also exist national norms for the short version of this instrument (Idler et al., 2003).”
Religion and Helping Others: The Role of Values, Ideas, and Language (2011, background): “tion is that between religiosity that is external, or expressed through action, and religiosity that is internal, or within the minds of individuals (Idler et al. 2003).”
Parent and peer relationships and relational spirituality in adolescents and young adults. (2011, methodology): “The Relational Spirituality Scale is comprised of three subscales from the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (Idler et al., 2003): Daily Spiritual Experiences, Forgiveness, and Positive Religious Coping, Th is d oc um en t i s c op yr ig ht ed b y th e A m er ic an P sy ch”
Ordinary Spiritual Experience: Qualitative Research, Interpretive Guidelines, and Population Distribution for the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (2006, methodology): “This larger multidimensional measure, funded jointly by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health and the Fetzer Institute, is increasingly used in many studies of health care (Idler et al. 2003).”
Spiritual Struggles and Psychological Distress: Is There a Dark Side of Religion? (2010, methodology): “The 1998 GSS offers a rare opportunity to explore these issues because it includes (a) a mini-module of items tapping health-relevant aspects of religiousness and spirituality, sponsored by the Fetzer Institute and the National Institute on Aging (Idler et al. 2003), as well as other items on health”
Gods or rituals? Relational faith, spiritual discontent, and religious practices as predictors of hope and optimism (2008, methodology): “The questionnaire was subsequently included in the General Social Survey (N¼ 1445; Idler et al., 2003).”