Concerns about measuring "Spirituality" in research
Concerns about measuring "Spirituality" in research
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DOI：
10.1097/nmd.0b013e31816ff796
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发表时间：
2008-05-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Koenig, Harold G.
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作者：
Koenig, Harold G.
灵性作为一种与心理和身体健康相关的结构，越来越多地被研究。然而，灵性的定义一直在变化。传统上，灵性被用来描述笃信宗教的人，但现在它已经扩展到包括肤浅的宗教人士，宗教寻求者，追求幸福和幸福的人，以及完全世俗的人。用来衡量灵性的工具反映了这一趋势。这些衡量标准被评估积极性格特征或心理健康的问题严重污染：乐观、宽恕、感恩、生活的意义和目的、平静、和谐和总体幸福感。通过良好的心理健康指标来衡量的灵性被发现与良好的心理健康相关。这项研究已在一些世界顶级医学期刊上发表。这种联系毫无意义，而且是重复的。要么用传统的术语来定义和衡量灵性，将其作为一种独特的、未受污染的结构，要么将其从学术研究中剔除。
Spirituality is increasingly being examined as a construct related to mental and physical health. The definition of spirituality, however, has been changing. Traditionally, spirituality was used to describe the deeply religious person, but it has now expanded to include the superficially religious person, the religious seeker, the seeker of well-being and happiness, and the completely secular person. Instruments used to measure spirituality reflect this trend. These measures are heavily contaminated with questions assessing positive character traits or mental health: optimism, forgiveness, gratitude, meaning and purpose in life, peacefulness, harmony, and general well-being. Spirituality, measured by indicators of good mental health, is found to be correlated with good mental health. This research has been reported in some of the world's top medical journals. Such associations are meaningless and tautological. Either spirituality should be defined and measured in traditional terms as a unique, uncontaminated construct, or it should be eliminated from use in academic research.