A Study on the Standardization of the Transcendental Self Scale: Focused on Protestant Christians

The purpose of this study is to verify the validity of the Transcendental Self Scale (TSS) and establish standards. The subject of the study was a sample of 1,437 Protestants aged 19 or older from March 23 to April 28, 2022. As a result of the study, the reliability and validity of TSS were proven. The T-score of the three types of classification for the standard is 45/54. As a result of gender differences, there was no difference between ‘overall-transcendental-self’ and ‘internalized-spirituality.’ ‘Intrapsychological-transcendence’ and ‘need–regulation-in-interpersonal-relationships’ were higher in men than in women. ‘Tolerance-through-cognitive-expansion’, ‘transcendence-through-the relationship-with-the-absolute-being,’ and ‘transcendence-through-the-relationship-with-the transcendental-being’ were higher in women than in men. As a result of the average difference by age, the older age group was higher than the lower age group. This study is significant in that it established a standard for TSS that can be used in counseling and ministry settings.