Spiritual Transcendence Scale / ASPIRES.
STS / ASPIRES
Spiritual transcendence as a personality trait: Prayer Fulfilment, Universality, and Connectedness (STS); ASPIRES adds Religious Sentiments (Religious Involvement + Religious Crisis)
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- STS = 24 (Prayer Fulfilment 9, Universality 9, Connectedness 6); ASPIRES = 35 (STS + Religious Sentiments). 5-point agreement (Likert) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Validated across multiple cultures/faiths (e.g. India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Spanish short form, and others)
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- Reference
- Piedmont, R. L. (1999). Does spirituality represent the sixth factor of personality? Spiritual transcendence and the FFM. Journal of Personality, 67(6), 985-1013.
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