Development of the Spiritual Harm and Abuse Scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2288257 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Koch (0000-0002-4539-1346, College of Behavioral Sciences Northwest University, corresponding author), Leihua Edstrom (0000-0002-0566-8451, College of Behavioral Sciences Northwest University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 476-506 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| 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/jssr.12792 |
| OpenAlex | W4225407953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 45 |
Both religiosity and spirituality have been shown to have positive effects on multiple aspects of well-being, mental health, and healing. Religiosity and spirituality are also positive mediating factors in healing from abuse broadly. Religious or spiritual abuse has the capacity for harming one's religiosity and/or spirituality. When abuse occurs in a religious setting, it has the effect of making it less likely that religion and/or spirituality can be used as a coping strategy to heal from that very abuse. Little is known about the underlying factors that constitute the larger concept of spiritual abuse. A total of 66 survey prompts were pulled from the existing quantitative and qualitative literature on spiritual abuse, focusing on both external events and internal states that often result from spiritual abuse. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on survey responses (N = 3222), resulting in six factors: (1) maintaining the system, (2) internal distress, (3) embracing violence, (4) controlling leadership, (5) harmful God-image, and (6) gender discrimination. The resulting 27-item scale, which includes 11 additional 'critical items,' can be used in clinical settings to get quick, detailed information about a client's exposure to spiritual abuse and possible resulting consequences
Coping (psychology) · Distress · Harm · Mental health · Psychotherapist · Religiosity · Spirituality · Substance abuse · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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Precursors to Spiritual Abuse in Christian Mission Organizations
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Development and validation of a brief self-report measure of trauma exposure
Religious obsessions and compulsions in a non-clinical sample
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Uses of factor analysis in counseling psychology research.
Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of religion and spirituality
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The relationship of religious coping and spirituality to adjustment and psychological distress in urban early adolescents
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Relationship of abuse by religious authorities to depression, religiosity, and child physical abuse history in a college sample
Spiritual Abuse and Neglect of Youth
Relationship Between Family Religiosity and Drug Use Behavior Among Youth
Spiritual abuse in Christian faith settings
Developing safeguarding policy and practice for Spiritual Abuse
Risks and Opportunities of Faith and Culture
All the Pain Along with All the Joy
The Role of Spirituality Versus Religiosity in Adolescent Psychosocial Adjustment
Clericalism
The Construction and Validation of a Death Anxiety Scale
Spirituality and the Current Adjustment of Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Spirituality as a Protective Factor Against Female Gang Membership
| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |