Abstract
Background: In this article, the preliminary investigation of the psychometric properties of the Spiritual Fortitude scale has been discussed. Spiritual Fortitude is defined as a personality trait enabling people to endure and make redemptive meaning from adversity through their sacred connections with God, others, and themselves. Method: The descriptive research design was the factor analysis type and the statistical population of the study was all the students of Zanjan University in the academic year 2021-2022, among them, there are 480 students using the cluster sampling method. To conduct the research, the spiritual fortitude scale of Van Tongeren et al. (2019) was used. Findings: The results of the research showed that Cronbach's alpha for the subscales of spiritual endurance is 0.70, Spiritual Enterprise is 0.72, Redemptive Purpose is 0.70, and the whole scale is 0.82. The results of confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed the significant relationship between observed variables and latent constructs and showed that the 3-factor structure of the questionnaire has a good fit in the samples. Conclusion: The scale of spiritual strength among students has good validity and reliability, and it is reliable to use this tool in future research. Practical implications: In future researches, this scale can be used in various researches, including clinical researches, mental health, health psychology and religious psychology.
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