Seesink Henk-Jan, van Dusseldorp Michelle, Ostafin Brian D, Schaap-Jonker Hanneke, Wiers Reinout W
Research Department, De Hoop GGZ, Provincialeweg 70, 3329 KP, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Addiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT)-Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Relig Health. 2025 Apr;64(2):1399-1418. doi: 10.1007/s10943-024-02144-y. Epub 2024 Oct 4.
Given that surrender to God has been associated with health and well-being in believers, research in this area would benefit from the availability of scales outside the United States, where these were first developed. To this end, we conducted two studies (N = 130 and N = 574) in Christian samples in the Netherlands to test the psychometric properties of a Dutch translation of the Surrender to God Scale (D-StGS). In addition, the abbreviated Religious Surrender Scale-2 was tested to examine whether the two-item scale would show validity and reliability, as this would benefit research in which there are time (and other) constraints on assessment. Both scales showed adequate to excellent internal consistency, convergent validity with religious coping and religious orientation, and predictive validity; specifically with (I) lower anxiety, stress, and depression symptoms and (II) higher scores on religious behavior and meaning in life. Likewise, both scales were related to (III) more positive, supportive, and ruling, and less passive, anxious, and angry God representations. However, explorative factor analysis of the D-StGS in the first study resulted in two factors (Imitation of God's will and Peace through God's will), which were confirmed with confirmatory factory analysis in the second study. It can be concluded that the D-StGS and abbreviated scale are useful for future research in Christian samples.
鉴于向上帝 surrender 在信徒中与健康和幸福相关联，在美国之外的地区开展这方面的研究将受益于相关量表的可得性，因为这些量表最初是在美国开发的。为此，我们在荷兰的基督教样本中进行了两项研究（N = 130 和 N = 574），以测试《向上帝 surrender 量表》荷兰语版（D-StGS）的心理测量特性。此外，还对简化版的《宗教 surrender 量表 -2》进行了测试，以检验这个两项量表是否具有有效性和可靠性，因为这将有利于在评估存在时间（及其他）限制的研究中使用。两个量表均显示出足够好到极好的内部一致性、与宗教应对和宗教取向的收敛效度以及预测效度；具体表现为：（I）焦虑、压力和抑郁症状较低，以及（II）宗教行为和生活意义得分较高。同样，两个量表都与（III）更积极、支持性和主宰性，以及更少消极、焦虑和愤怒的上帝表征相关。然而，在第一项研究中对 D-StGS 进行探索性因素分析得出了两个因素（模仿上帝的意志和通过上帝的意志获得安宁），在第二项研究中通过验证性因素分析得到了证实。可以得出结论，D-StGS 和简化版量表对未来基督教样本的研究很有用。
