@inbook{8c31fbfe8a3a4396b142bbbc21e7a63e,
title = "The Revised Faith Development Scale: An option for a more reliable self-report measurement of postconventional religious reasoning",
abstract = "The study of spiritual development has been challenged by difficulties with definitions and measurement. Different faith traditions place different values on various aspects of spiritual development, yielding different definitions with implications for the measurement of the construct. This study focuses on measurement of postconventional religious reasoning, which is a specific, measurable aspect of spiritual development with clear parallels in cognitive development. This research focuses on the Revised Faith Development Scale (RFDS), a 16-item Likert instrument that is easier to administer than previous interview measures of postconventional religious reasoning and more reliable than a previously developed self-report measure. Preliminary assessment of convergent validity indicators support the use of the RFDS.",
author = "Harris, {J. Irene} and Leak, {Gary K.}",
note = "Funding Information: * Author Note: J. irene harris, minneapolis veterans administration health care system, university of minnesota; gary K. leak, department of psychology, creighton university. This research was supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and the department of veterans affairs. correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to J. irene harris, minneapolis veterans administration health care system, university of minnesota, one veterans drive, minneapolis, mn, 55417. e-mail: Jeanette.harris2@va.gov",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1163/9789004252073_002",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion",
publisher = "Brill Academic Publishers",
pages = "1--13",
editor = "Piedmont, {Ralph L.} and Andrew Village",
booktitle = "Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 24",
}