The spiritual competence scale: A new instrument for assessing spiritual competence at the programmatic level

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A new measure is developed for assessing cultural competence among one family of cultural groups, where it measures respondents' perceptions of spiritual competence at the programmatic level. The results have suggested that the scale is a valid and reliable measure of the values dimension of spiritual competence and with some modification, this instrument can be used in agency settings and perhaps for individual self-assessment as well.

Self-evaluation, Self evaluation

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Developing spiritual lifemaps as a culture-centered pictorial instrument for spiritual assessments with Native American clients

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A spiritual lifemap assessment tool is modified for a Native American cultural context in order to determine its relevancy and consistency with Native American clients. The results have shown that spiritual lifemaps are consistent with Native American culture and might be beneficial in working with Native Americans.

Native Americans, Relevance, Native American culture

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A systematic review of the empirical literature on intercessory prayer

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The empirical literature on intercessory prayer is evaluated by using various methods. The results have shown that practitioners adhering to Division 12 criteria have little basis for using intercessory prayer, in spite of a meta-analysis indicating small effect sizes for the use of intercessory prayer.

Social workers, Intercessory prayer

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