Preliminary validation of the women's spirituality instrument: Development of a measure to assess feminist religious and spiritual attitudes

摘要

This manuscript provides information on the development of a new measure of feminist-oriented spirituality among women, the Women's Spirituality Instrument (WSI). Participants in this study included 428 women, ages 18 to 83. The results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, as well as the validity examination, highlight that the new measure has psychometric strengths. The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency estimate for the final 15-item WSI was.90. Validation of the scale was conducted utilizing a general spirituality measure and a feminist self-identification measure. Suggestions for further validation and future research with this instrument are shared.