%0 Journal Article
%T Development and validation of the Intrinsic Religiousness Inventory (IRI)
%A Taunay
%A Tauily C
%A Cristino
%A Eva D
%A Machado
%A Myrela O
%A Rola
%A Francisco H
%A Lima
%A Jos¨¦ W. O
%A Mac¨ºdo
%A Danielle S
%A Gondim
%A Francisco de Assis A
%A Moreira-Almeida
%A Alexander
%A Carvalho
%A Andr¨¦ F
%J Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
%D 2012
%I Associa??o Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
%R 10.1590/S1516-44462012000100014
%X objective: the role of religious involvement in mental health has been increasingly investigated in psychiatric research; however, there is a shortage of scales on religiousness in portuguese. the present study aimed to develop and validate a brief instrument to assess intrinsic religiosity (intrinsic religiousness inventory - iri) in two brazilian samples. method: the initial version was based on literature review and experts' suggestions. university students (sample 1; n = 323) and psychiatric patients (sample 2; n = 102) completed the duke religiosity index (durel), the iri, an instrument of spirituality measurement (whoqol-srpb), as well as measurements of anxiety and depressive symptoms. results: the iri showed adequate internal consistence reliability in sample 1 (cronbach's ¦Á = 0.96; 95% ci; 0.95-0.97) and sample 2 (¦Á = 0.96; 95% ci; 0.95-0.97). the iri main component analyses indicated a single factor, which explained 73.7% and 74.9% of variance in samples 1 and 2, respectively. strong correlations between iri and intrinsic subscale of the durel were observed (spearman's r ranging from 0.87 to 0.73 in samples 1 and 2, respectively, p < 0.001). the iri showed good test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients > 0.70). conclusion: these data indicate that the iri is a valid instrument and may contribute to study intrinsic religiosity in brazilian samples.
%K religion
%K validation study
%K instrument
%K mental health.
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