Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale.
DSES
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
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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
- 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.
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- AWS - Attitudes Toward Women Scale
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