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Spiritual/Religious Perfectionism Scale in Iran: Psychometric Evaluation.

Mohammad Ali Besharat¹, Hojjatollah Farahani², Morteza Naghipoor³

¹Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, P. O. Box 14155-6456, Tehran, Iran. besharat@ut.ac.ir.

Journal of Religion and Health

|August 25, 2021

Summary

Researchers developed the Spiritual/Religious Perfectionism Scale (SRPS) to measure perfectionism. The validated 14-item scale (SRPS-14) demonstrates reliability and validity in Iranian samples.

Keywords:

Factor analysis Perfectionism Reliability Spiritual/religious perfectionism Validity

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Background:

Perfectionism is a personality trait studied in psychology.
A need exists for reliable measures of spiritual and religious perfectionism.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and psychometrically evaluate the Spiritual/Religious Perfectionism Scale (SRPS).
To refine the scale to a 14-item version (SRPS-14) and assess its psychometric properties.

Main Methods:

Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used in Study 1 (368 students) to refine the scale.
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used in Study 2 (384 adults) to validate the SRPS-14.
Reliability (internal consistency, test-retest) and validity (construct, criterion, convergent, incremental, discriminant) were assessed.

Main Results:

EFA resulted in a 14-item scale (SRPS-14).
CFA supported the unidimensionality of the SRPS-14.
The SRPS-14 demonstrated invariance across sex and sample type.
Preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of the SRPS-14 was found.

Conclusions:

The SRPS-14 is a reliable and valid measure for assessing spiritual/religious perfectionism in Iranian populations.
Future research should validate the English translation in English-speaking samples.