Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PHD PhD PhD Thesis Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Relation A related resource 61000042 Title A name given to the resource Development and standardiztion of a tool to assess spirituality in families for family based interventions Subject The topic of the resource Psychology Description An account of the resource The aim of the study was to develop and standardize a tool for family spiritual assessment. The sample consisted of 1502 Indian participants which included members from three religious backgrounds namely: Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. The data collected through face-to-face interview was analyzed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), t-test and ANOVA. A five-item Likert-type tool developed was named as Family Spiritual Assessment Scale (FSAS) through a process of item development. EFA revealed that the 26-item tool with 5-factor solution had an excellent internal consistency of and#945;= .816. Religious factor, Spiritual factor, Mental health factor I (Positive emotions), Mental health factor II (Forgiveness) and Mental health factor III (Negative emotions) are the five important factors of the scale. Gender differences were found in the Spiritual factor, Mental Health, and Total newlinescore of the Scale, where females had higher scores than males. Post-hoc analysis newline(Bonferroni) revealed that total scores of all the three religions differed significantly. The results provide a sound foundation for the future research on spirituality. Family Spiritual newlineAssessment Scale, being the first in India, can be very beneficial to mental health newlineprofessionals and practitioners. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph, Thomas Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Author's Submission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Christ(Deemed to be University) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-01-01 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource George, Tony Sam Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Open Access Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource PhD Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10603/364250" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://hdl.handle.net/10603/364250</a>