Adaptation of spiritual transcendence scale to Turkish: Validity and reliability study

The purpose of this study was to adapt Spiritual Transcendence Scale developed by Piedmont (1999) into Turkish and to examine its reliability and validity. Data was collected from three different study groups involving a total of 534 university students of which 277 were female and 257 male. The psychometric properties of the scale were examined by confirmatory factor analysis, criterion related validity and internal consistency. The results of confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that three factor structure of the Spiritual Transcendental Scale has been validated. In the context of the criterion related validity, positive correlations were found between Spiritual Transcendence Scale and Spiritual Orientation Scale. The Cronbach’s alpha for the total scale was .90. It is concluded that the Spiritual Transcendence Scale is valid and reliable instrument to measure spiritual transcendence level.