Psychoanalysis Characteristic Investigation Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Faculty Member of Shiraz University

2 M. A. Student, Clinical Psychology

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Spirituality and piety engross increasing attention as health studies variables. Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) is an instrument which is designed to measure spiritual experiences an important aspect of many people's daily life. The present study aims to investigate daily spiritual experiences scale (16 clauses version) validity and stability. To achieve this, 120 students of Shiraz university were participated for its validity and stability investigation. Scale stability were investigated in three ways that stability coefficient of %96 for reexamination, %88 for spearman and Brown descriptive and %91 for crounbaq Alpha were respectively obtained. To study validity of present scale, three validity methods of simultaneous, factors analysis and scale's clauses integrity with general scale grade had been used. Simultaneous validity of "DSES" performed through simultaneous performance with Alport religious orientation questionnaire that %71 was its integrity coefficient. Factorial analysis using principles components analysis with rarimax circulation for DSES educed three factors which are God's presence perception factor, relation with God and responsibility for others respectively and showed more than 61 percent of scale general rariance altogether. The present study also shows that all clauses of scale with general scale grade show %4 to %8 integrity. Therefore, as the result shows, 16 clauses form of daily spiritual experiences scale is suitable to be used in psychological surveys and specially in health psychological scope in Iranian society.
 

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