Development and validation of the Intrinsic Religiousness Inventory (IRI) / Desenvolvimento e validação do Inventário de Religiosidade Intrínseca (IRI)
Taunay, Tauily C; Cristino, Eva D; Machado, Myrela O; Rola, Francisco H; Lima, José W. O; Macêdo, Danielle S; Gondim, Francisco de Assis A; Moreira-Almeida, Alexander; Carvalho, André F.
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
; 34(1): 76-81, Mar. 2012. tab
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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 α = 0.96; 95 percent CI; 0.95-0.97) and sample 2 (α = 0.96; 95 percent CI; 0.95-0.97). The IRI main component analyses indicated a single factor, which explained 73.7 percent and 74.9 percent 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.
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