Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale.

DSES

What it measures

Frequency of ordinary, everyday spiritual experiences (awe, gratitude, compassionate love, sense of the transcendent, inner peace, desire for closeness to the divine) - a measure of lived spirituality rather than belief or practice

Length and format

16 (15 frequency items + 1 global closeness-to-God item); 6-item short form (GSS). 6-point frequency (many times a day - never); final item 4-point (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into ~40 languages; used in 400+ peer-reviewed studies; e.g. ES, PT, ZH, KO, ID, Hindi, Slovak, HR, CZ, AR, plus many others

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Underwood, L. G., & Teresi, J. A. (2002). The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 24(1), 22-33.