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Age And Gender Effects On The Assessment Of Spirituality And Religious Sentiments (Aspires) Scale: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Nathan Gehlert, Tucker Brown, Tianzhi Chen, Ralph Piedmont
Age And Gender Effects On The Assessment Of Spirituality And Religious Sentiments (Aspires) Scale: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Nathan Gehlert, Tucker Brown, Tianzhi Chen, Ralph Piedmont
Nathan C. Gehlert
Research literature suggests that there are age and gender effects on numinous constructs, but little is known about how spirituality and religiousness evolve over time and differ between genders. The purpose of this study was to determine whether observed gender and age effects would be evidenced on the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) and whether the underlying factor structure of the ASPIRES was consistent across age and gender groups. These sample data (N = 1,534 women and 697 men) demonstrated that (a) there are significant age and gender effects on the ASPIRES scales, and (b) the underlying factor …