Lace John W, Handal Paul J
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
J Relig Health. 2018 Apr;57(2):704-716. doi: 10.1007/s10943-017-0556-0.
The present study provided a methodological critique regarding psychometric investigations of the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) and its variants. Nine hundred seventeen (630 females and 287 males) university students (M age = 19.24) completed the DUREL, the Personal Religious Inventory, and the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale online. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed to assess a three-factor (organizational religious activity; non-organizational religious activity; and intrinsic religiosity) and a unidimensional model of the DUREL. Chi-square difference tests were performed, and Akaike information criterion values and Bayesian information criterion values were compared between the models, each of which supported the three-factor model for the DUREL over the unidimensional model. Convergent validity for the three factors of the DUREL emerged through Spearman's rho correlations with measures of personal prayer, ritual religious attendance, religious integration, Closeness to the Divine. This study concluded that the DUREL is a multidimensional measurement of religion for use in English-speaking university students, and it provided a broad methodological note regarding future investigations of measures of religion or spirituality that possess an existing theoretical model.
本研究对杜克大学宗教指数（DUREL）及其变体的心理测量学研究进行了方法学批判。917名大学生（630名女性和287名男性，平均年龄=19.24岁）在线完成了DUREL、个人宗教量表和每日精神体验量表。进行验证性因素分析以评估DUREL的三因素模型（组织性宗教活动；非组织性宗教活动；以及内在宗教信仰）和单维模型。进行了卡方差异检验，并比较了各模型的赤池信息准则值和贝叶斯信息准则值，结果均支持DUREL的三因素模型而非单维模型。通过斯皮尔曼等级相关分析，DUREL三个因素的收敛效度与个人祈祷、宗教仪式出席、宗教融合、与神亲近程度的测量结果相关。本研究得出结论，DUREL是用于英语国家大学生宗教信仰的多维测量工具，并且为未来对具有现有理论模型的宗教或灵性测量工具的研究提供了广泛的方法学说明。
