The Development and Preliminary Validation of the Belief in Divine Intervention Scale

The primary purpose of the present study was to create and validate a scale assessing the extent to which people believe in divine intervention. A six-item Belief in Divine Intervention Scale (BDIS) was one of six scales administered to 204 students at a community college and a Christian liberal art...

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Authors: Degelman, Douglas (Author) ; Lynn, Donna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 1995
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 1995, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-44
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