The development of a scale to measure the experience of spiritual connection and the correlation between this experience and values
Spirituality and Health International December 1, 2008 Philippa Wheeler, Michael E. Hyland
Abstract: Previous research shows religiosity (across several religions) is associated with conservative values (tradition, conformity and security) from the Schwartz value scale and not with spiritually oriented, self‐transcendent values. The relationship between religiosity and spirituality is controversial. We developed a 48‐item scale, the Spiritual Connection Questionnaire (SCQ)‐48, to...