Adaptation of the Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure to Turkish Culture Cover Image

Manevi Sağlık ve Hayata Yönelim Ölçeğinin Türk Kültürüne Uyarlanması
Adaptation of the Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure to Turkish Culture

Author(s): Ali Baltacı, Mehmet Kamil Coşkun
Subject(s): Education, Psychology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İlahyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Psychology of Religion; Spirituality; Spiritual Health; Direction to life; Inventory;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool for determining students' spiritual health and life orientation. For this purpose, the Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM) inventory developed by Fisher (2010) is adapted to Turkish. The adaptation study was carried out on 1591 high school students in three study groups studying in Ankara and Muş. The original English measure consisting of four dimensions and twenty items was translated into Turkish, factor analysis, validity and reliability tests were conducted on the sampling data. As a result of the study, the Turkish-adapted inventory consists of four dimensions (personal, social, environmental and transcendental) which resemble the original inventory. In addition, internal consistency coefficients of the inventory dimensions were in perfect harmony with the original inventory and served the purpose of the scale. In Conclusion The Turkish adaptation of the SHALOM Inventory can be used in different disciplines of psychology, educational sciences, and social sciences.

  • Issue Year: 23/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 415-439
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish