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Reliability and validity of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire

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This study investigates the reliability and validity of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire (SCSORF). The SCSORF and religiosity measures (i.e., Age Universal Religious Orientation Survey, Religious Life Inventory, and the God Control measure from the Belief in Personal Control Scale) were administered to three samples. Results suggest that the SCSORF is both reliable and valid.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

    Thomas G. Plante

  2. Psychology Department, Santa Clara University, 95053, Santa Clara, CA

    Thomas G. Plante & Marcus Boccaccini

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Plante, T.G., Boccaccini, M. Reliability and validity of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire. Pastoral Psychol 45, 429–437 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02310643

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