The Clinical Assessment of Optimal Religious Functioning
Many have noted the need for a standardized measure to clinically assess optimal religious functioning alongside other personality and behavioral characteristics. This essay describes the development of the Religious Status Interview (RSI), a set of 33 questions designed to assess Christian religiou...
| Published in: | Review of religious research |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1988
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Review of religious research
Year: 1988, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-17 |
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| Summary: | Many have noted the need for a standardized measure to clinically assess optimal religious functioning alongside other personality and behavioral characteristics. This essay describes the development of the Religious Status Interview (RSI), a set of 33 questions designed to assess Christian religious maturity. Based on the dimensions of functional theology proposed by Paul Pruyser in his book, The Minister as Diagnostician, the RSI assesses persons' Awareness of God, Acceptance of God's Grace, Being Repentant and Responsible. Knowing God's Leadership. Involvement in Organized Religion, Experiencing Fellowship, Being Ethical, and Being Open in Faith. Ratings of open ended answers to questions related to these dimensions are based on aspects of religious maturity noted by Allport, Duncombe, and Strunk. Studies of reliability and validity are reported. There is little evidence for independence of the dimensions and the RSI has been demonstrated to be moderately valid and reliable. The research is ongoing. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511836 |