The Religious Commitment Inventory-10: Development, refinement, and validation of a brief scale for research and counseling

Everett L. Worthington; Nathaniel G. Wade; Terry L. Hight; Jennifer S. Ripley; Michael E. McCullough; Jack W. Berry; Michelle M. Schmitt; James T. Berry; Kevin H. Bursley; Lynn O'Connor

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.50.1.84

The Religious Commitment Inventory-10: Development, refinement, and validation of a brief scale for research and counseling

Everett L. Worthington, Nathaniel G. Wade, Terry L. Hight, Jennifer S. Ripley, Michael E. McCullough, Jack W. Berry, Michelle M. Schmitt, James T. Berry, Kevin H. Bursley, Lynn O'Connor

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The authors report the development of the Religious Commitment Inventory-10 (RCI-10), used in 6 studies. Sample sizes were 155, 132, and 150 college students; 240 Christian church-attending married adults; 468 undergraduates including (among others) Buddhists (n = 52), Muslims (n = 12), Hindus (n = 10), and nonreligious (n = 117); and 217 clients and 52 counselors in a secular or 1 of 6 religious counseling agencies. Scores on the RCI-10 had strong estimated internal consistency, 3-week and 5-month test-retest reliability, construct validity, and discriminant validity. Exploratory (Study 1) and confirmatory (Studies 4 and 6) factor analyses identified 2 highly correlated factors, suggesting a 1-factor structure as most parsimonious. Religious commitment predicted response to an imagined robbery (Study 2), marriage (Study 4), and counseling (Study 6).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	84-96
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Counseling Psychology
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.50.1.84
State	Published - Jan 1 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Worthington, E. L., Wade, N. G., Hight, T. L., Ripley, J. S., McCullough, M. E., Berry, J. W., Schmitt, M. M., Berry, J. T., Bursley, K. H., & O'Connor, L. (2003). The Religious Commitment Inventory-10: Development, refinement, and validation of a brief scale for research and counseling. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50(1), 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.50.1.84

The Religious Commitment Inventory-10 : Development, refinement, and validation of a brief scale for research and counseling. / Worthington, Everett L.; Wade, Nathaniel G.; Hight, Terry L.; Ripley, Jennifer S.; McCullough, Michael E.; Berry, Jack W.; Schmitt, Michelle M.; Berry, James T.; Bursley, Kevin H.; O'Connor, Lynn.

In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 50, No. 1, 01.01.2003, p. 84-96.

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Worthington, Everett L. ; Wade, Nathaniel G. ; Hight, Terry L. ; Ripley, Jennifer S. ; McCullough, Michael E. ; Berry, Jack W. ; Schmitt, Michelle M. ; Berry, James T. ; Bursley, Kevin H. ; O'Connor, Lynn. / The Religious Commitment Inventory-10 : Development, refinement, and validation of a brief scale for research and counseling. In: Journal of Counseling Psychology. 2003 ; Vol. 50, No. 1. pp. 84-96.

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