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{"title":"Spiritual Entrepreneurship Orientation Scale: Psychometric Evaluation and Validity-Reliability Analyses.","authors":"Yusuf Taha Okan","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02209-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02209-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to develop the \"Spiritual Entrepreneurship Orientation Scale\" to explore how entrepreneurs incorporate spiritual values and social responsibilities into their business activities. The objective is to create a tool that accurately measures how entrepreneurs integrate spiritual values into their decisions, their understanding of purposeful entrepreneurship and their awareness of spiritual resilience and social responsibility. The study proceeded in three phases: a literature review, expert consultation and preliminary testing to ensure content validity. The exploratory factor analysis identified four main dimensions: spiritual values, purposefulness, spiritual resilience and social responsibility. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the structure, with fit indices (RMSEA = 0.077, CFI = 0.935) clearly demonstrating a good model fit. Reliability tests showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.952), confirming the scale's validity and reliability. Previous studies have shown that entrepreneurs' perceptions of spiritual values and social responsibility significantly influence their business decisions. The \"Spiritual Entrepreneurship Orientation Scale\" is the recommended tool for use in entrepreneurship research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1341-1361"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Approaches for Analyzing the Relationship Between Spirituality and Health Using Measures Contaminated with Indicators of Mental and Social Health.","authors":"Harold G Koenig, Lindsay B Carey","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02249-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02249-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There has been concern raised in religion/spirituality (R/S) research about the use of measures of spirituality that are contaminated by indicators of mental and/or social health. Many of these scales are used widely in published studies examining associations with health, and yet many researchers and reviewers are not aware of contamination issues. We have previously cautioned researchers to be careful in their choice of religious/spirituality (R/S) measures (Koenig and Carey in J Relig Health, 63(5):3729-3743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-024-02112-6 , 2024), and to avoid using measures contaminated with the health outcome being assessed, which will result in tautological findings (particularly between spirituality and mental health). However, not all is lost. There are approaches for analyzing collected data using contaminated measures that can still result in meaningful and interpretable results, which may contribute to our knowledge of the impact of R/S on health. In this brief article, we describe several approaches for analyzing such data including deleting contaminated items from the scale, analyzing subscales separately, and modeling psychosocial scales, subscales, or collections of variables as mediators in the causal pathway that leads from R/S to health. The use of path analysis or structural equation modeling to identify direct effects and indirect effects through mediating constructs may also be helpful in this regard.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1276-1286"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Teaching Spirituality in Nursing: A Bibliometric Analysis.","authors":"Ana Afonso, Sara Sitefane, Janaína Fabri, Isabel Rabiais, Sílvia Caldeira","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02247-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02247-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study of spirituality in nursing education has become an emerging academic field, making it important to understand its evolution using bibliometric indicators. To achieve this, a search was conducted on July 8, 2024, using the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Titles and abstracts were screened in Rayyan, and data analysis was performed using Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny in the R language. A total of two hundred thirty documents published between 1981 and 2024 were included. The United States contributed the most publications (n = 70), and Wilfred McSherry was the most prolific author, with 16 publications and the highest h-index. Nurse Education Today was the journal with the most publications. Transition themes identified include spiritual competence and spiritual care education.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"716-731"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950001/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intensive Care Nurses' Pain Management Experiences within the Framework of the Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model in Türkiye: A Qualitative Approach.","authors":"Aylin Bilgin, Sinem Öcalan, Mustafa Sabri Kovancı","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02251-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02251-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pain, which includes biological, psychological, social and spiritual factors, is a common symptom experienced by patients in intensive care. This study aimed to uncover intensive care nurses' perspectives on pain management strategies, employing the biopsychosocial-spiritual model as the guiding framework. This research employed a descriptive qualitative method, engaging participants from diverse locations across five provinces and eight different institutions. The study involved 16 intensive care nurses and utilized semi-structured online Zoom interviews. Data analysis was conducted using Braun and Clarke's six stages, and reporting followed the consolidated criteria for qualitative studies. The answers of the nurses were grouped under four themes and six subthemes: (1) biological interventions, (2) psychological interventions, (3) social interventions: involving families in the process and (4) spiritual interventions: support religious activities. This study shows that intensive care nurses benefit from many practices in pain management. These interventions included medication management and ensuring physical comfort in the biological factor, distracting activities and being with the patient in the psychological factor, involving the family in care in the social factor and providing an environment that supports the patient's religious needs under the spiritual factor.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"948-964"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950112/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of High-Fidelity Simulation on the Acquisition of Spiritual Competencies in a Nursing Degree in Spain: An Experimental Pre-Post Study.","authors":"Jordina Domènech-Sorolla, Laura Martínez-Rodríguez, Sara Pedregosa-Fauste, Arnau Muns-Orenga, Fernando García-Díaz, Maria Dolores Fernández-Pascual","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02285-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02285-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>High-fidelity simulation is an educational technique that utilizes advanced technology and realistic clinical scenarios to replicate real-life situations, offering students a safe and immersive environment to practice and enhance their skills. A quantitative experimental study with a pretest-posttest single-group design was conducted, where 143 first-year undergraduate nursing students (n = 143) participated in a simulation program focusing on spiritual care. The response rate was 49.5%, calculated as the number of students who completed the questionnaire (143) divided by the total number of students approached (289). The pretest and posttest were conducted one month apart. The Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS-Sp) was used to assess changes in students' spiritual competencies before and after the simulation. Results indicated significant improvements in students' perceptions of spiritual care, suggesting that simulation is an effective method for enhancing spiritual competencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"860-881"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950070/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143634588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Construction and Validation of Duâ Scale for Pakistani Muslim Adults.","authors":"Wajeeha Tahir, Adnan Adil","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02246-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02246-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Duâ, an act of worship, signifies a profound connection between an individual and their Creator, reflecting trust in God's power and will. It encompasses dimensions such as quantity, style, purpose, and target. This research aimed to develop reliable measures of duâ for Pakistani Muslim adults using a mixed- method exploratory sequential design across two studies. Study 1 was conducted in three phases. In Phase 1, thematic analysis was conducted using qualitative methods such as focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, and insights from pertinent theoretical framework. This analysis identified seven themes for duâ, aligning with existing literature on prayer experiences. Based on these themes, an initial set of 70 items for the duâ scale (DS) was developed. Phase 2 focused on translating and cross-validating the Prayer Importance Scale, Tatmainn al-Qulūb Scale, and Brief Trust vs. Mistrust in God Scale. In Phase 3, the content-validated item pool of 67 items was administered to a large sample of Pakistani Muslim adults (N = 461) and analyzed through exploratory factor analysis (EFA). EFA revealed 7-factor structure factor loading (with item loading .49 to .87) of the DS containing 40 items with a cumulative variance of 61.10%. Factors including prayer quantity (3 items); free prayer style (5 items); bounded prayer style (8 items); outward prayer purpose (7 items); inward prayer purpose (5 items); engaged prayer target (7 items) and distant prayer target (5 items). Duâ showed a significant positive correlation with centrality of religiosity, importance of prayer, and trust in God, and a non-significant correlation with mistrust in God, supporting the convergent and discriminant validity of the DS. In the second study (N = 703), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the scale's structure, matching the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with 40 items and 7 subscales. In the final measurement model, all constructs had an average variance extracted (AVE) greater than .50, and maximum shared variance (MSV) values were lower than the AVE. The diagonal values of the square root of the AVE exceeded the intercorrelations, confirming the DS as a reliable and valid measure of duâ. Evidence for the measurement invariance of DS suggested its consistency and comparability across Sunni and Non-Sunni Muslims. Further research is recommended to explore its application across different religious sects and ethnic groups globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1521-1568"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143400289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and Validation of the Spiritual and Religious Needs Inventory for Muslim Psychiatric Inpatients: A Study in the Indonesian Context.","authors":"Kellyana Irawati, Heri Setiawan, Abdul Jalil, Fahni Haris, Tzong-Ming Shieh, Yin-Hwa Shih","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02238-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02238-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spirituality care plays an important role in holistic healthcare. Our previous study found Muslim psychiatric inpatients encounter significant obstacles that hinder their ability to engage in a formal prayer practice in the hospital. To address this gap, we aimed to develop a spirituality and religious needs inventory specifically for Muslim psychiatric inpatients. Findings from our previous study informed the construction of the inventory items. The developed inventory underwent rigorous validation, including expert appraisal, factor analysis, and reliability testing. The results indicate that our Islamic Spirituality and Religious Needs Inventory possesses robust validity and reliability metrics. We recommend that healthcare professionals employ this inventory as a resource for bedside evaluations and a foundation for future research endeavors within spiritual care for Muslim inpatients.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1569-1585"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"Spirituality as a Coping Strategy for Infertility\": A Scoping Review.","authors":"Florence Naab, Anna Elizabeth van der Wath, Josephine M Kyei, Deborah Armah","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02302-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02302-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infertility affects not only the psycho-socio well-being of couples and individuals but also their spiritual well-being, further awakening spiritual desires along with the unmet needs of parenthood. Spirituality has received less attention as compared to the vast knowledge of literature shared on psychosocial issues of infertility. This study examined the role of spirituality as a coping strategy in overcoming stressors associated with infertility. A scoping review was conducted using the following databases: PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Google Scholar, EBSCOhost, Medline, Pro Quest, and Science Direct. The screening of titles, abstracts, and full text was done using searches such as spirituality, coping strategy, infertility, couple, individual, and women. A systematic review (PRISMA) and qualitative studies (COREQ guidelines) tools were adapted to ensure methodological quality. Finally, retrieved data were extracted: authors, year, country, aim of study, study design and sample characteristics, and major findings. Strong spiritual connection, spiritual support, and forgiveness helped couples and individuals living with infertility cope better despite the enormous psychosocial stressors encountered. The findings of the study revealed that couples and individuals who employed spirituality as a coping strategy had improved quality of life, increased hope, experienced enhanced well-being, reduced emotional stressors, and further increased success rate in treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143755087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Putting the Critical Voice Aside-Religion, Politics, and Therapy As Described by Secular Therapists Working with Ultra-Orthodox Clients: A Qualitative Study from Israel.","authors":"Einat Doron, Sławomir Tobis, Rivka Tuval-Mashiach, Jan Domaradzki","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02298-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02298-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredi) are a culturally distinct and tightly-knit community. Since their lifestyle, which rests on the strict interpretation of religious sources, sets them as a cultural minority within the dominant secular culture of modern Israeli society, addressing mental health within this group requires tailored approaches that consider the community's values and lifestyle, as well as the distinct social and political dynamics between secular therapists and Haredi clients. However, while Haredi's unique position often becomes a source of tension in Israeli politics and society, it also affects therapeutic encounters between ultra-orthodox clients and secular therapists, as this unique dynamic between religious and secular cultures can lead to ambivalent attitudes toward each other. This study was designed to examine the unique experiences of secular therapists in providing mental health treatment to the ultra-orthodox sector in Israel in the current social-political situation. Twenty-one qualitative semi-structured interviews conducted with secular psychologists and art therapists regarding their experiences with working with ultra-religious clients identified three main themes: (1) a feeling of an outsider, (2) colliding viewpoints, and (3) sameness. While interpretative phenomenological approach was used, the interviews were analysed using thematic analysis based on Colaizzi's approach. These themes highlight the ambivalent experience and illuminate this captivating intersection of therapy, religion, and society. Public workplaces should consider enabling intercultural therapies, acknowledging their benefits and challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143755092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Examination of the Relationship Between Death Anxiety, Psychological Resilience and Religious Attitude Levels of Cardiology Patients with and without Myocardial Infarction in Turkey.","authors":"Gülhan Yiğitalp, Rojda Bürçün","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02294-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02294-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study was conducted to investigate death anxiety, psychological resilience, religious attitude levels, and related factors in cardiology patients with and without myocardial infarction (MI). This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 500 cardiology patients (250 with and 250 without MI) in Turkey. The Personal Information Form, Turkish Death Anxiety Scale, Resilience Scale for Adults, and Ok-Religious Attitude Scale were used in the collection of the data. No statistically significant differences were detected between death anxiety, psychological resilience, and religious attitude levels in the two patient groups. According to the regression analysis results, retired people showed significantly higher levels of psychological resilience compared to other occupational groups, regular users of medication compared to non-users and sometimes regular users, and those who did not do regular physical activity compared to those who did not do any physical activity (p < 0.05). Psychological resilience decreased as the duration of illness increased (B = - 0.360; p = 0.001). Death anxiety and religious attitude had no significant effect on psychological resilience (B = - 0.070; p = 0.132; B = - 0.240; p = 0.192, respectively). Programs must be developed to reduce death anxiety and increase the psychological resilience of all cardiology patients, and religious coping methods must be included in these programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143736222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}