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Counseling that strives to be intentionally Christian inspires hope of faith enhancement and spiritual enrichment. Mental health professionals (MHPs) who offer services within an explicitly Christian worldview require sufficient and strategic assessment techniques to direct helping endeavors towards such pivotal goals. Redemptive validity (RV) is the effectiveness of an assessment tool that samples behavior or attitudes to provide insight into wise living in conformity with the reality and truth of Scripture for those who desire to grow in reliance on the Creator. This effort demonstrates the benefit of RV to guide theological reflection within a measurement tool utility review to locate rapid assessment instruments (RAIs) of spirituality for clinical application. The authors contend that MHPs who purport to offer services with a Christian foundation would do well to adopt both standardized and interview techniques into customary clinical practice to address mental health concerns with greater specificity, demonstrate outcomes, and pursue spiritual formation. The following RAIs of spirituality are identified and reviewed: Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness and Spirituality (BMMRS), Religious Commitment Inventory-10 (RCI-10), Brief RCOPE, Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire (SCSORF), Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS), Springfield Religiosity Scale (SRS), Revised Religious Orientation Scale (RROS), Religious Support Scale (RSS), Duke Religion Index (DRI), and Spiritual Assessment Inventory (SAI).
Counseling that strives to be intentionally Christian invites expectations beyond problem resolution. It inspires hope of faith enhancement and spiritual enrichment. Given these core values for both clients and clinicians, it is worthwhile to adopt routine methods to locate common understandings, establish objectives, and track outcomes. Mental health professionals (MHPs) require strategic assessment techniques in order to direct helping endeavors towards such pivotal goals.
RAIs are semi-standardized measures with value for clinical practice due to accessibility, efficiency, and effectiveness. This investigation locates RAIs of spirituality and considers potential application in Christian counseling. This extended utility review routine is termed redemptive validity (RV) as the intent is to examine psychometrically sound assessment instruments through the lens of a theologically grounded Christian worldview. RV is the benefit derived from the use of assessment technology to promote wise living and foster change consistent with a client's Christian identity.
Utility investigations match instruments to specific purposes. Our objective is to locate select measures that blend seamlessly with a Christian...