Spirituality, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children Aged 8–12 Years

Holder, Mark D.; Coleman, Benjamin; Wallace, Judi M.

doi:10.1007/s10902-008-9126-1

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“…It presents high internal consistency (α = 0.79-0.94) and good construct validity (α = 0.85). The measure has already been used with elementary school children (Holder et al 2010). All four items of this scale were used in this project.…”

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The Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Happiness: A Reflection on the Relevance of Integrating a Positive Psychology Framework within Mindfulness Research in Youth

Malboeuf‐Hurtubise

Lefrançois

Essopos

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Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are increasingly implemented in school settings to alleviate psychological distress in elementary and high school students. Recently, authors have brought forward the fact that the focus and aims of MBIs in clinical settings are largely placed on reducing negative variables and symptoms associated to mental health disorders. Thus, these may not allow us to fully understand how and in which contexts MBIs can be useful in adult populations. As MBIs aim to Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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The Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Happiness: A Reflection on the Relevance of Integrating a Positive Psychology Framework within Mindfulness Research in Youth

Malboeuf‐Hurtubise

Lefrançois

Essopos

et al. 2017

Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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“…For more detailed rationale see Underwood [1]. A recent study of 8-12 year-olds in Canada substituted "higher power" for God in the God items [23]. Although the study did show predictive value in the DSES items used, interviews by Underwood while developing the scale showed a lack of clarity with the phrase "higher power," and this substitution is not recommended.…”

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The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale: Overview and Results

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2011

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The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) is a 16-item self-report measure designed to assess ordinary experiences of connection with the transcendent in daily life. It includes constructs such as awe, gratitude, mercy, sense of connection with the transcendent and compassionate love. It also includes measures of awareness of discernment/inspiration and a sense of deep inner peace. Originally developed for use in health studies, it has been increasingly used more widely in the social sciences, for program evaluation, and for examining changes in spiritual experiences over time. Also it has been used in counseling, addiction treatment settings, and religious organizations. It has been included in longitudinal health studies and in the U.S. General Social Survey which established random-sample population norms. It has publications on its psychometric validity in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Mandarin Chinese. Translations have been made into twenty languages including Hindi, Hebrew and Arabic and the scale has been effectively used in a variety of cultures. The 16-item scale does not have a psychometrically representative shorter form although a 6-item adaptation has been used. The DSES was developed using extensive qualitative testing in a variety of groups, which has helped its capacity to be useful in a variety of settings. It was constructed to reflect an overlapping circle model of spirituality/religiousness and contains items that are more specifically theistic in nature, as well as items to tap the spiritual experience of those who are not comfortable with theistic language. The scale has been used in over 70 published studies. This paper will provide an overview of the scale itself, describe why it has proved useful, and discuss some studies using the scale. See http://www.dsescale.org/ for more information on the scale.

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“…(c). Twenty-eight of the people requesting the instrument did not use it due to a variety of reasons: seven because the projects changed and two because they were cancelled; four used the information for reference only; one withdrew due to ill health; one could not use it because of 'separation of church and state' issues in public schools in the U.S.; one could not see any way of changing current practice in her health service; one thought it was not suitable for use with old people in Scotland (although SHALOM has been successfully used elsewhere with people aged into their 80s), one reported undefined difficulties by 11-13 year-olds in the U.S. (in spite of successful use in Australia with this age group [51,52] and even with 8-12 year-olds in Canada [53]), a Thai person wanted to use a specifically Thai instrument and two studies with Indigenous people (New Zealand and Canada) wanted more culturally-specific content (even though there has been a successful Canadian study using the SWBQ with First Nations people [54]). The main problem with using a particular measure is that the results cannot be compared with other research or groups.…”

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Development and Application of a Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire Called SHALOM

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Abstract:The Four Domains Model of Spiritual Health and Well-Being was used as the theoretical base for the development of several spiritual well-being questionnaires, with progressive fine-tuning leading to the Spiritual Health And Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM). SHALOM comprises 20 items with five items reflecting the quality of relationships of each person with themselves, other people, the environment and/or God, in the Personal, Communal, Environmental and Transcendental domains of spiritual well-being. SHALOM has undergone rigorous statistical testing in several languages. SHALOM has been used with school and university students, teachers, nurses, medical doctors, church-attenders, in industry and business settings, with abused women, troubled youth and alcoholics. SHALOM provides a unique way of assessing spiritual well-being as it compares each person's ideals with their lived experiences, providing a measure of spiritual harmony or dissonance in each of the four domains.

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Spirituality, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children Aged 8–12 Years

Abstract: Happiness, Spirituality, Religion, Temperament, Children, Well-being, Satisfaction,

Cited by 195 publications

References 68 publications

The Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Happiness: A Reflection on the Relevance of Integrating a Positive Psychology Framework within Mindfulness Research in Youth

The Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Happiness: A Reflection on the Relevance of Integrating a Positive Psychology Framework within Mindfulness Research in Youth

The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale: Overview and Results

Development and Application of a Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire Called SHALOM

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