Abstract
This article introduces a new qualitative spiritual assessment instrument. It reviews existing qualitative assessment tools and presents a new multidimensional spiritual assessment framework. The instrument consists of two components: a spiritual history in which consumers relate their spiritual life story in a manner analogous to a family history and an interpretive framework to assist practitioners in eliciting and synthesizing the full potentiality of strengths extant in clients' spiritual lives. Common spiritual strengths the framework is designed to evoke are discussed, and a number of interventions based on prevalent spiritual strengths are suggested.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 203-214 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Social work |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Assessment
- Qualitative methods
- Religion
- Spirituality
- Strengths perspective
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science