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Daily Spiritual Experience Quantitative Evaluation And Psychometric Properties Of “daily Spiritual Experience Scale” In Iran

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The aim of the present study is to develop a new scale to measure the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale in male and female at college students in Iran. The main research question is whether we can explore a special structure for Daily Spiritual Experience Scale in college students. By using all of the aspects of Daily Spiritual Experience a primarily questionnaire with 53 item was developed and piloted based on a sample of 520 students. Analyzing the data extracted three factors of different aspects of Daily Spiritual Experience. Psychometric data of reliability and validity has shown significant results and is improved remarkably that this instrument can be considered as a suitable criterion for prospective workr and interventions.
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