Furthermore, chaplains did not report a feeling of confusion with psychological assessment, a criticism sometimes made of other spirituality constructs [ 39].
It is well established to divide Religiosity into three sub-constructs: Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Quest Religiosity [ 17- 20], while the construct Spirituality was divided into the following sub-constructs: Cognitive Orientation Towards Spirituality, Experiential/Phenomenological Dimension of Spirituality, Existential Well-Being, Paranormal Beliefs, and Religiousness [ 21].
In contrast, the construct Spirituality is commonly divided into the following sub-constructs: Cognitive Orientation Towards Spirituality, Experiential/Phenomenological Dimension of Spirituality, Existential Well-Being, Paranormal Beliefs, and Religiousness [ 17].
We defined the multi-dimensional construct "Spirituality" as an "individual and open approach in the search for meaning and purpose in life, as a search for transcendental truth which may include a sense of connectedness with others, nature, and/or the divine" [ 28].
"In their healthiest and most helpful forms," Perrin says, "the goal of spiritualities is to construct hope and meaning in the midst of daily life".
For me religion is a political construct, and spirituality is a community construct, and there's a real difference.
Spirituality is a multifaceted construct related to health outcomes that remains ill defined and difficult to measure.
For research purposes, the construct of spirituality needs to be defined, operationalized and measured.
Spirituality is a much broader construct than religion and the two constructs do not overlap for people who are spiritual but do not practise a religion, or indeed for people engaged in religious practices who are not spiritual [ 52, 53].
Spirituality has been explained as a construct that expands further than religiousness.
