Spiritual Competency Scale: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

ABSTRACT

This study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to validate the 21-item Spiritual Competency Scale (SCS–R–II) with data from 176 participants. Moreover, this study examined correlations between the SCS–R–II and the Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale, and the descriptive characteristics of participants' scores on the SCS–R–II.

KEYWORDS:

• Assessment
• counselor education
• multicultural competence
• spiritual competence

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Notes on contributors

Junfei Lu

Junfei Lu, PhD, is an assistant professor in the rehabilitation counseling program at the University of Alabama.

Hongryun Woo

Hongryun Woo, PhD, is an assistant professor at University of Louisville. She is committed to research on counselors'/counselor educators' professional identity and their development in general.

Keith Huffman

Keith Huffman, MA, completed his master's degree in clinical mental health counseling at the University of Alabama.