Bifactor Models of Religious and Spiritual Struggles: Distinct from Religiousness and Distress

• Published in: Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 7; no. 6; p. 68
• Main Authors: Stauner, Nick, Exline, Julie, Grubbs, Joshua, Pargament, Kenneth, Bradley, David, Uzdavines, Alex
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Anxiety; bifactor; confirmatory factor analysis; depression; distress; latent; measurement; Mental depression; religion; Religion & psychology; Spirituality; struggle

The Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS) measures important psychological constructs in an underemphasized section of the overlap between religion and well-being. Are religious/spiritual struggles distinct from religiousness, distress, and each other? To test the RSS' internal discrimi...