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Psychometric characteristics of the spiritual perspective scale in pregnant African‐American women
Author(s) -
Dailey Dawn E.,
Stewart Anita L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20173
Subject(s) - religiosity , spirituality , church attendance , clinical psychology , psychology , scale (ratio) , perspective (graphical) , internal consistency , attendance , anxiety , construct validity , construct (python library) , concurrent validity , psychometrics , african american , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , alternative medicine , sociology , artificial intelligence , economic growth , pathology , computer science , ethnology , quantum mechanics , programming language , physics , economics
Abstract In health disparities research, studying the vulnerabilities of African Americans should be balanced by research on resources and strengths that influence health. One resource is spirituality, yet few tools have been developed and tested in diverse populations. This study evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Spiritual Perspective Scale (SPS) in 102 pregnant African American women. Internal consistency reliability was high and evidence of construct validity was provided. The SPS correlated as hypothesized with church attendance, religiosity, and self‐reported spirituality. In addition, the SPS correlated negatively with depression, anxiety, and stress. Factor analysis revealed a two‐factor solution. The SPS performed well suggesting that it is an appropriate tool to use as a measure of spirituality in pregnant African American women. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 30: 61–71, 2007