VALIDATION STUDY OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECTS OF PRAYER
VALIDATION STUDY OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECTS OF PRAYER

Summary/Abstract: Objectives. The effectiveness of prayer in resolving the issues that individuals encounter is a subject of interest not only for the faithful but also for those seeking alternatives to the pragmatic solutions designed for the social context in which they find themselves. That is why the main objective of this study was to construct a questionnaire to measure the perception of the effects of prayer. Material and methods. The construction of the questionnaire was achieved by developing a consistent number of items that were then applied to a representative sample and by subjecting the results to exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyses. The fidelity of items, subscales, and scales was also measured. Results. The specific statistical analyses for the validation of the questionnaire were performed, and thus the adequacy index of each variable was calculated for the complete model of the questionnaire (KMO = .96), and following the sphericity test, a score χ 2 (1035) = 18257, p < .001, statistically significant, was obtained. Thus, the values of the indicators for the validation of the factorial structure are within the accepted limits (RMSEA = .04, TLI = .94, χ²/df = 1.94, p < .001). Conclusions. Assessing the effectiveness of prayer in improving people's lives is still a controversial topic and difficult to prove, but the degree to which people perceive positive effects is measurable and is a topic of general interest. The validation of this questionnaire is a novelty among the scales in the Romanian language.

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