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To provide an overview of the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) and summarize its development, psychometric properties, and multidisciplinary applications.

January 12, 2011SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale: Overview and Results

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LULynn G. UnderwoodCase Western Reserve University

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Psychometric review demonstrates the cross-cultural validity and broad utility of the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale in diverse populations, highlighting its value in health and social research.

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To provide an overview of the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) and summarize its development, psychometric properties, and multidisciplinary applications.
Evaluated the 16-item self-report DSES developed through extensive qualitative testing using an overlapping circle model of spirituality and religiousness.
Assessed scale usage across more than 70 published studies, including addiction treatment centers, counseling settings, longitudinal health surveys, and the U.S. General Social Survey.
Established robust psychometric validity across English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Mandarin Chinese versions, with translations spanning 20 languages.
Identified population-level normative benchmarks using random-sample data from the U.S. General Social Survey.
Demonstrated qualitative and quantitative utility for measuring constructs such as awe, gratitude, compassionate love, and inner peace in both theistic and non-theistic populations.

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Lynn G. Underwood (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7ec063b601d7be3ae34d7 https://doi.org/10.3390/rel2010029

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Psychometric review demonstrates the cross-cultural validity and broad utility of the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale in diverse populations, highlighting its value in health and social research.

The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale: Overview and Results

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