TY - BOOK ID - 33239 TI - Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity—Description of Concepts and Validation of Instruments AU - Büssing, Arndt PY - 2019 SN - 9783038977582 9783038977599 DB - DOAB KW - religion KW - measurement KW - psychometric properties KW - DUREL KW - RCI-10 KW - China KW - Reliance on God’s help KW - religious trust KW - faith KW - questionnaire KW - validation KW - chronic illness KW - healthy persons KW - life satisfaction KW - quality of life KW - well-being KW - Buddhism KW - religiosity KW - quantitative measure KW - affective religiosity KW - spiritual well-being KW - assess KW - SHALOM KW - God KW - complicated spiritual grief KW - spiritual struggle KW - spiritual crisis KW - bereavement KW - complicated grief KW - meaning making KW - religion KW - spirituality KW - struggle KW - bifactor KW - measurement KW - latent KW - confirmatory factor analysis KW - distress KW - depression KW - anxiety KW - cancer KW - spiritual care KW - needs KW - spirituality KW - children KW - measures KW - religion and health KW - spirituality KW - physician values KW - communication KW - medical ethics KW - psychology KW - religion KW - Australia KW - Judaism KW - attitude KW - Katz-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Judaism KW - n/a UR - https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:33239 AB - Why do we need more questionnaires to measure aspects of spirituality/religiosity when we already have so many well-tried instruments in use? One answer is that research in this field is growing and that new research questions continuously do arise. Several of these new questions cannot be easily answered with the instruments designed for previous questions. The field is expanding and, consequently, the research topics. Meanwhile several multidimensional instruments were developed which cover existential, prosocial, religious and non-religious forms of spirituality, hope, peace and trust—and several more. The ‘disadvantage’ of these instruments is the fact that some are conceptually broad and often rather unspecific, but they might be suited quite well for culturally and spiritually diverse populations when the intention is to compare such diverse groups. This is the reason why more research on new instruments is needed as can be found in this Special Issue, and to stimulate a critical debate about their pros and cons. ER -