A confirmatory factor analysis of the Spiritual Transcendence Index: assessing spirituality in a sample of Latino college students. Issue 5 (27th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: MacMillan, Thalia; Luna, Naelys
• Is Part Of: Mental health, religion & culture. Volume 19:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 464
• Page End: 475
• Publication Date: 2016-05-27
• Subjects: Spirituality -- religiosity -- Latinos; Mental health -- Religious aspects -- Periodicals; Religion and culture -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Periodicals; Mentally ill -- Pastoral counseling of -- Periodicals; 306.461
• DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2016.1155207
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1367-4676

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Research has documented that spirituality is an essential component of health and mental health. Therefore, it is important to carefully examine the psychometric properties of instruments used to operationalise this construct. This study examined the validity and reliability of the Spiritual Transcendence Index (STI) among Latino college students. The sample involved 593 Latino college students who filled out a battery of questionnaires. Results supported the validity and reliability of the two factors of spirituality: spiritual beliefs and believing in God's presence. Additional research is needed to examine spirituality within Latino subgroups due to the heterogeneity of this population.