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Values, attitudes, ideology and morality

Spiritual Transcendence Index.

STI

What it measures
Subjective experience of transcendent spirituality - a sense of meaning, purpose, and connection with a transcendent dimension, measured independently of religious affiliation
Length and format
8 (STI). 6-point agreement (Likert) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Adapted into a few languages in psychology-of-religion/well-being research
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
Seidlitz, L., et al. (2002). Development of the Spiritual Transcendence Index. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 41(3), 439-453.

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