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12-03-2025 | EDITORIAL

Nurses, Chaplains, Clergy and Measurement Scales

Authors: Lindsay B. Carey, Harold G. Koenig, Jeffery Cohen, Carl Aiken, David Drummond, Terrence Hill, Ezra Gabbay, Piret Paal, Jacinda R. Carey

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health

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Abstract

Much of the research in this issue relates to the long-standing profession of nursing and, secondly, the even longer established professions of chaplaincy and the clergy. This issue also provides evidence of the ever-increasing number of religious and spirituality measurement scales, as well as various other forms of religious and/or spiritual evaluations and the associated psychometric properties. Several articles researching religiosity/spirituality, however, identify common research limitations, in particular the error of using contaminated scales and the need to avoid tautological and uninterpretable results. Finally, this issue notes two international conferences for 2025 relating to religion, spirituality and health.
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Title
Nurses, Chaplains, Clergy and Measurement Scales
Authors
Lindsay B. Carey
Harold G. Koenig
Jeffery Cohen
Carl Aiken
David Drummond
Terrence Hill
Ezra Gabbay
Piret Paal
Jacinda R. Carey
Publication date
12-03-2025
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Religion and Health
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02293-8