A Psychometric Evaluation of Poloma and Pendleton's (1991) and Ladd and Spilka's (2002, 2006) Measures of Prayer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2271490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael J Breslin (0000-0003-3433-7237, University of Ulster, corresponding author), Christopher Alan Lewis (0000-0003-2314-2899, Wrexham University), Mark Shevlin (0000-0001-6262-5223, University of Ulster) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 710-723 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01541.x |
| OpenAlex | W2096900754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 30 |
Prayer has increasingly been used as an empirical measure of religiosity. Recent developments include Ladd and Spilka's Inward, Outward and Upward Prayer Scale, which measures what respondents think about while praying, and Poloma and Pendleton's Measure of Prayer Type, which measures four different dimensions of prayer as well as degree of intimacy with the divine. The present study provides a factor analytical evaluation of both measures, including an examination of total scale and subscale reliability. The measures were administered to a sample of 518 Irish respondents. Although the total scales and subscales were found to be reliable, confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the hypothesized factor structures were a less than optimal fit of the data, while correlational analysis revealed a conceptual overlap between the measures
Cartography · Confirmatory factor analysis · Prayer · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor) · Religiosity · Scale (ratio) · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Theology · Clinical Psychology · Health and Wellbeing Research · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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Poloma and Pendleton’s (1989) Prayer Types Scale in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim praying adults
A Reexamination of the Structure of the Inward Outward Upward Prayer Scale
From Prayer Activities to Receptive Prayer
Schizotypy and Religiosity
Does closeness to God mediate the relationship between prayer and mental health in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim samples
Eysenck's model of personality and prayer
Using exploratory structural equation modeling to examine and validate the psychometric properties of Multidimensional Prayer instruments in new and diverse groups
Love Thy Self? How Belief in a Supportive God Shapes Self-Esteem
Varieties of prayer
"How Big Is Big Enough?"
On the Estimation of Polychoric Correlations and their Asymptotic Covariance Matrix
Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis
Fit indices in covariance structure modeling
Structural Equations with Latent Variables
A psychometric evaluation of Poloma and Pendleton's (1991) Measure of Prayer Experience
Prayer and Health
The Effects of Prayer and Prayer Experiences on Measures of General Weil-Being
The human side of prayer
Impact of the Number of Response Categories and Anchor Labels on Coefficient Alpha and Test-Retest Reliability
Theoretical models of the nature of prayer and health
The psychology of prayer and the development of the Prayer Experience Questionnaire
Praying and coping
Single Sample Cross-Validation Indices for Covariance Structures
Structural Model Evaluation and Modification
The psychology of christian prayer
Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests
Exploring Types of Prayer and Quality of Life
Comparative fit indexes in structural models
Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling
A power primer
Prayer, God Imagery, and Symptoms of Psychopathology
Inward, Outward, Upward Prayer
Inward, Outward, and Upward
| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |