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Development of the Brief Spirituality/Religiosity Functional Competency Scale
A Andrew Dimmick1, Jennifer L Callahan2
1Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.
Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.)
|September 29, 2025
Summary
Developing objective measures for spiritual and religious competence in psychotherapy is crucial. A new scale shows promise for assessing these skills and their impact on therapeutic alliance.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychotherapy Research
Background:
- Spiritual and religious competence is vital for addressing patient struggles.
- Objective measures to assess clinician competence in this area are lacking.
Purpose of the Study:
- Develop and validate the Brief Spirituality/Religiosity Functional Competency Scale.
- Examine the link between these competencies and therapeutic alliance.
Main Methods:
- 105 doctoral trainees participated in objective-structured clinical examinations.
- An observational tool assessed functional spiritual/religious competencies.
- Reliability and validity were evaluated using simulated clinical encounters.
Main Results:
- The scale demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity.
- Specific competencies like "Help Explore Strengths" and advocacy skills predicted therapeutic alliance.
- Advocacy skills predicted cultural humility.
Conclusions:
- Assessing discrete spiritual/religious competencies is more informative than global ratings.
- The developed scale is promising for evaluating clinician competence in spiritual and religious domains.
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