Measuring multiple dimensions of religion and spirituality or health research - Conceptual background and findings from the 1998 General Social Survey
Measuring multiple dimensions of religion and spirituality or health research - Conceptual background and findings from the 1998 General Social Survey
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DOI：
10.1177/0164027503025004001
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发表时间：
2003-07-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Williams, DR
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作者：
Idler, EL;Musick, MA;Williams, DR
由于缺乏对宗教性和精神性的适当衡量，在研究宗教与健康之间关系方面的进展受到阻碍。本文报告的概念和实证发展的工具来衡量宗教性和灵性，旨在明确的健康研究。它是多维的，允许调查多种可能的作用机制，足够简短，可以包括在临床或流行病学调查中，包括传统的宗教性和非制度性的精神性，并适合不同的犹太-基督教人群。这项措施可能是特别有用的研究，在老年人的健康，其中宗教参与较高。这项措施在1998年全国代表性的社会普查（N = 1 445）中得到检验。九个维度的内部一致性指数为中等至良好，有三个单项领域。按年龄和性别进行的分析表明，老年受访者在几乎所有衡量领域都报告了更高的宗教信仰水平。
Progress in studying the relationship between religion and health has been hampered by the absence of an adequate measure of religiousness and spirituality. This article reports on the conceptual and empirical development of an instrument to measure religiousness and spirituality, intended explicitly for studies of health. It is multidimensional to allow investigation of multiple possible mechanisms of effect, brief enough to be included in clinical or epidemiological surveys, inclusive of both traditional religiousness and noninstitutionally based spirituality, and appropriate for diverse Judeo-Christian populations. The measure may be particularly useful for studies of health in elderly populations in which religious involvement is higher. The measure was tested in the nationally representative 1998 General Social Survey (N = 1,445). Nine dimensions have indices with moderate-to-good internal consistency, and there are three single-item domains. Analysis by age and sex shows that elderly respondents report higher levels of religiousness in virtually every domain of the measure.