Cross-cultural adaptation and search for evidence of validity of the brazilian version of the nonreligious-nonspiritual scale (NRNSS).

IF 1.5 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicologia-Reflexao E Critica Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI:10.1186/s41155-025-00350-5

André Gadelha-Weyne, Ícaro Moreira Costa, Daniel Foschetti Gontijo, Tauily Claussen D Escragnolle Taunay, Ryan Cragun

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Abstract

Background: The number of non-religious people in the world has increased, which justifies the development and validation of good instruments to assess secularism, i.e., the absence of religiosity and spirituality.

Objective: The present study aimed to develop a cross-cultural adaptation and search for evidence of the validity of the nonreligious-nonspiritual scale (NRNSS).

Methods: For a congruent scale translation, a cross-cultural adaptation was performed. The search for evidence of validity was carried out through the following steps: (1) evidence of validity based on the internal structure, where an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were performed, and the internal consistency was verified of the factors obtained; (2) evidence of validity based on converging relationships with external measurements, where correlations were made between the NRNSS factors and the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Duke Religiosity Index (P-DUREL) and the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Instrument-Spirituality, Religion and Personal Beliefs module (WHOQOL-SRPB); and (3) comparison of self-identification categories with NRNSS outcomes using two one-way ANOVA tests, comparing scale scores between different groups (e.g., atheists, agnostics, spiritualists, and religious people). The data collection process took place through a link shared on social networks allowing access to the structured questionnaire.

Results: The present study obtained the following results: (1) the EFA supported a one-factor model for the scale, but (2) the CFA presented satisfactory indices for the the model composed of two factors, non-religiosity (NR) and non-spirituality (NS); (3) internal consistency indices greater than 0.95 were obtained in all factors indicated in both tested models; (4) all analyzed correlations obtained results as expected, indicating that the scale actually measures the proposed constructs; and (5) decreasing levels of NR and NS were obtained according to the respective beliefs: atheists, agnostics, spiritualists, and religious people.

Conclusion: The NRNSS presented favorable psychometric properties, enabling it to be used with two different factors (NR and NS).

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跨文化适应和寻找巴西版非宗教-非精神量表（NRNSS）有效性的证据。

背景：世界上无宗教信仰的人数有所增加，这证明有必要开发和验证评估世俗主义的良好工具，即缺乏宗教信仰和灵性。目的：本研究旨在发展非宗教-非精神量表（NRNSS）的跨文化适应性，并寻找其有效性的证据。方法：采用跨文化适应的方法进行同尺度翻译。效度证据的寻找通过以下步骤进行：(1)基于内部结构的效度证据，其中进行探索性因子分析（EFA）和验证性因子分析（CFA），并验证所获得因素的内部一致性；(2)基于与外部测量的趋同关系的效度证据，其中NRNSS因素与巴西葡萄牙语版杜克宗教虔诚指数（P-DUREL）和世界卫生组织生活质量工具-精神，宗教和个人信仰模块（WHOQOL-SRPB）之间存在相关性；(3)使用两个单因素方差分析检验比较自我认同类别与NRNSS结果，比较不同群体（如无神论者、不可知论者、唯心论者和宗教人士）之间的量表得分。数据收集过程通过社交网络上共享的链接进行，允许访问结构化问卷。结果：本研究得出以下结论：(1)EFA支持单因素模型，而CFA对非宗教信仰（NR）和非宗教信仰（NS）两因素组成的模型给出了满意的指标；(3)两种模型各因子的内部一致性指数均大于0.95；(4)所有分析的相关性结果均符合预期，表明量表实际测量了所提出的构式；(5)无神论者、不可知论者、唯心论者和宗教信仰者的NR和NS水平均呈下降趋势。结论：NRNSS具有良好的心理测量特性，可用于两种不同的因素（NR和NS）。

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Psicologia-Reflexao E Critica PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： Psicologia: Reflexão & Crítica is a journal published three times a year by Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento (Psychology Graduate Program) of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul). Its objective is to publish original works in the psychology field: articles, short reports on research and reviews as well as to present to the scientific community texts which reflect a significant contribution for the psychology field. The short title of the journal is Psicol. Refl. Crít. It must be used regarding bibliographies, footnotes, as well as bibliographical strips and references.