Fundamental Dimensions of Personality Underlying Spirituality: Further Evidence for the Construct Validity of the Rite Measure of Spirituality

Edward C. Chang; Zunaira Jilani; Tina Yu; Erin E. Fowler; Jiachen Lin; Jon R. Webb; Jameson K. Hirsch

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.027

Fundamental Dimensions of Personality Underlying Spirituality: Further Evidence for the Construct Validity of the Rite Measure of Spirituality

Edward C. Chang
, Zunaira Jilani
, Tina Yu
, Erin E. Fowler
, Jiachen Lin
, Jon R. Webb
, Jameson K. Hirsch

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of Michigan
East Tennessee State University

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Abstract

This study examined the construct validity of the RiTE as a multidimensional measure of spirituality in relation to the five-factor model of personality in a sample of 325 college students. Results of correlational and regression analyses provided support for the notion that the dimensions of ritualistic, theistic, and existential spirituality tapped by the RiTE, are empirically distinguishable. Overall, our findings provide further evidence for the construct validity of the RiTE and for the potential value of measuring spirituality as a multidimensional phenomenon in the study of religious processes.

Original language	American English
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	75
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.027
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

Keywords

RiTE measure of spirituality
adults
five-factor model
multidimensional spirituality
personality

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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Health Psychology
Public Health

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