TY - JOUR
T1 - Construction and validation of an implicit instrument to assess God representations
T2 - Part 1: Associations between implicit and explicit God representation and distress measures
AU - Stulp, H.P.
AU - Koelen, J.
AU - Glas, G.G.
AU - Eurelings-Bontekoe, L.
PY - 2019/10/2
Y1 - 2019/10/2
N2 - For adherents of theistic religions, God representations are an important factor in explaining associations between religion/spirituality and well-being/mental health. Because of limitations of self-report measures of God representations, we developed an implicit God representation instrument, the Apperception Test God Representations (ATGR) and examined its reliability and validity. Its scales could be scored reliably and were within a clinical sample associated more strongly than explicit God representation scales with the Global Assessment of Functioning scale. Compared to the ATGR scores of a nonclinical sample, the clinical sample had less complex, positive, and mature God representations, indicating discriminant validity.
AB - For adherents of theistic religions, God representations are an important factor in explaining associations between religion/spirituality and well-being/mental health. Because of limitations of self-report measures of God representations, we developed an implicit God representation instrument, the Apperception Test God Representations (ATGR) and examined its reliability and validity. Its scales could be scored reliably and were within a clinical sample associated more strongly than explicit God representation scales with the Global Assessment of Functioning scale. Compared to the ATGR scores of a nonclinical sample, the clinical sample had less complex, positive, and mature God representations, indicating discriminant validity.
KW - God representations
KW - distress
KW - implicit instrument
KW - object relations
KW - personality pathology
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U2 - 10.1080/19349637.2018.1489750
DO - 10.1080/19349637.2018.1489750
M3 - Article
SN - 1934-9645
VL - 21
SP - 273
EP - 308
JO - Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
JF - Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
IS - 4
ER -