Pakistani Religious Coping Practices Scale
The Pakistani Religious Coping Practices Scale is a self-report instrument designed to measure the frequency of Pakistani Muslims’ use of religious coping practices to deal with life stresses. The original version of the instrument comprised 37 items, but a revised version containing 35 items has been used in more recent studies.
The scale consists of eight subscales, each measuring a particular type of religious coping practices. These subscales include: (1) Seeking benefits from God, (2) Prayer, (3) Recitation of Quran, (4) Social support, (5) Charity, (6) Patience, (7) Self-surrender to God, (8) Putting trust in God. Participants rate themselves on a 4-point scale from 1 (never) to 4 (always) on how often they used each particular religious coping practice during the past month.
Studies have supported the reliability and validity of the Pakistani Religious Coping Practices Scale across different populations. Internal consistency coefficients for the subscales are generally high, ranging from 0.72 to 0.93. Test-retest reliability was conducted over a 4-month period, and the coefficients ranged from 0.70 to 0.85.
Validation studies have demonstrated that the scale has convergent and discriminant validity. The subscales correlate with other measures of religious coping practices, such as the Religious Coping Activities Scale, while they do not significantly correlate with non-religious coping practices. The subscales have also been associated with measures of religiousness, spirituality, and psychological well-being. For instance, the Seeking benefits from God subscale has been shown to be positively correlated with hope, well-being, and life satisfaction. In contrast, the Prayer subscale has been negatively correlated with depression and anxiety.
In summary, the Pakistani Religious Coping Practices Scale is a reliable and valid instrument that measures the frequency of Pakistani Muslim’s use of religious coping practices to deal with life stresses. The scale has been useful in evaluating the relationship between religious coping practices and psychological and spiritual outcomes across different populations.
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