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Jennifer S Ripley1, James N Sells1, Logan Battaglini1
1Department of Clinical Psychology, Regent University.
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Family Competency addressing religion and spirituality in relationships is based on principles of systems theory applied to diversity training in religion and spirituality. Relational spirituality and family systems theory are the theoretical bases for training clinicians to address religion and spirituality (R/S) competently. Relational issues of R/S include religious differences and conflicts in close relationships, spiritual impairment due to relationship distress, and the use of spiritual resources for coping in a family or community. Principles of cultural humility and comfort, clinical assessment of R/S, nonanxious presence, multidirected partiality, and differentiation were used to train clinicians. Participants (N = 174) were graduate students and professionals in mental health care who engaged in a 5-hr online training with switching replication measurement at three points before and after the training at 2-week intervals. Measurement included a newly validated six-item global measure of couple and family spiritual and religious competency (J. S. Ripley et al., 2024) and the Religious/Spiritually Integrated Practice Assessment Scale (Oxhandler, 2019). Mixed-effects models with two-way cross-level interactions of Treatment Condition (Immediate Treatment, Delayed Treatment) × Time (T1, T2, T3) supported change based on the intervention, especially for measures of self-efficacy, attitude, increased frequency of R/S integrated practice, and global relational R/S competency. Qualitative analysis of interviews with some participants (n = 10) identified several experiential themes. The models showed significant change after the training and maintenance of gains for the immediate treatment group. In conclusion, this demonstrated the efficacy of the relationally based training model in improving R/S competency in training graduate students and professionals. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
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