Psychometric Evaluatian Experiencing Grace Scale
Creators: name: Schellekens, Tine
name: Dillen, Annemie
name: Dezutter, Jessie
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Arts and Humanities

description: Preregistration Template (Kern, 2017) Psychometric Evaluation Experiencing Grace A. General information A.1 Project title: Grace Scale Validation A.2.1 Authors: Dezutter, J, Dillen, A., &amp; Schellekens, T. A.2.2 Affiliation: KU Leuven, Faculty of Psychology &amp; Faculty of Theology A.3 Contact details: Jessie.dezutter@kuleuven.be – annemie.dillen@kuleuven.be A.4 Abstract and research question(s): In a first stage, a lay definition of grace as it is currently defined in a secularized country, is developed based on a large qualitative study (Schellekens, Dewitte, Dillen en Dezutter, 2020) followed by a prototype rating of descriptors of grace (preregistration xxx). After multidisciplinary item-generation based on these previous studies, we developed a pilot version of our Grace Scale. This study is a psychometric evaluation and optimalisation of the Expriencing Grace scale. A three-part evaluation of the instrument will be conducted: (1) assessing the reliability by means of stability and homogeneity assessments (2) comparing GRAGS scores across gender, age, SES, worldview and religious activity (4) assessing the criterion, convergent, divergent, discriminant and construct validity of the GRAGS A.5.1 Project start date: August 2020 A.5.2 Estimated project end date: March 2021 A.6.1 Should this study be gated? yes A.6.2 If yes, until when? August 2021 A.6.3 Has this research received approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or ethical board? Yes, projectnumber: G-2020-2526 A.6.4 If yes, please name date and institution of approval: 13-11-2020 SMEC Review Board - https://www.kuleuven.be/english/research/integrity/smec B. Research design specifics B.1 Please describe the data generating process of the study: Structured web survey with standardized questionnaires cfr. Annex 1: - Pilot Grace Scale 44 items (Schellekens, Dillen &amp; Dezutter, 2020) - Tendency to Forgive (Brown, 2003) 4 items - Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale (Hwang, Plante and Lackey, 2008) 5 items - Subscales re-appraisal and acceptance COPE scale (Carver &amp; Scheier, 1989) 8 items - Gratitude Scale (McCullough, Emmons &amp; Tsang, 2002) 6 items - Cynical Distrust Subscale derived from the Cook-Medley hostility scale (Greenglass &amp; Julkunen, 1989) 9-items - Two Subscales Dimensions of Grace Factor 2 – Costly Grace - &amp; Factor 5- Grace to others. (Bufford, Sisemore &amp; Blackburn, 2017) 2 x 7 items - Depression CES-D (Radloff, 1977) 8 items - Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen &amp; Griffin, 1985) 5 items - Socio-demographic items (Gender, age, education, civil status, SES, religious worldview*, nationality, mother tongue, viewpoint grace and religious activity, level of expertise w.r.t. grace (i.e. level of theoretical knowledge about the concept**) * Catholic, Christian, religious but without a specific affiliation, non-religious, humanistic, other (namely..) ** To which degree do you have theoretical background on the topic of grace (1 = not at all – 7= a lot) B.1.1 Please describe the unit of analysis of the study: psychometric evaluation of self-report scale B.2 Is this project hypothesis-testing or hypothesis-generating (or both)? B.3.1.1 If hypothesis-testing, please name and describe the hypotheses below: See Annex 3 Hypotheses &amp; Statistics B.3.2.2 If hypothesis-generating, please describe the methodology you employ to generate hypotheses: literature review forgiveness, grace and compassion research B.3.3 Please define and describe the outcome variable or concept in your hypotheses: Psychometric validation of empirically developed self-rating questionnaire about the giving, receiving and appraisal of grace (GRAGS: Giving Receiving Appraisal Grace Scale) B.3.4 Please define and describe the independent variables or concepts in your hypotheses values of reliability &amp; validation B.4.1 Does this project involve fieldwork? No B.4.1.1: If yes, where? / B.5 Does this project involve archival work? No B.5.1: If yes, where? B.5.2 If yes, what are the archival sources you will use? B.6 Does this project involve interviews or focus groups? No. B.6.1 If yes, please describe the target population: Community sample of Flemish adults. We aim for a heterogeneous sample with regard to educational level, religious world, gender, age range and civic status. B.6.2 If yes, what is the targeted sample size? N= 500 B.6.3 If yes, please describe the sampling strategy? Participants will be invited through a diverse range of channels reaching out to Flemish adults. If the amount of participants with certain socio-demographic characteristics are lagging, we will use additional purposeful sampling (Coyne, 1997; Gentles, Charles, &amp; Ploeg, 2015). B.6.4 If yes, please attach a sample questionnaire or sample guidelines: annex 1&amp;2 B.6.5 If yes, please attach a copy of your subjects’ informed consent form: annex 4 B.7 Does this project involve causal process tracing? yes B.8 Does this project involve case studies? no B.8.1 If yes, please describe the selection process and criteria for your cases: C. Analysis C.1 Please describe the analytical tools you use for this project: SPSS C.2 Does this project involve computer assisted qualitative data analysis? No C.2.1 If yes, what software package do you use? C.2.3 If yes, what are the analytical categories and codes used for the analysis? C.3 Does this project involve active citation? C.3.1 If yes, give a specific example for how you employ active citation C.3.2 If yes, is this project registered with the Qualitative Data Repository? C.4 Does this project involve sensitive data you cannot share? yes C.4.1 If yes, please describe the nature of this data and why you cannot share it: Sensitive sociodemographic information about religion, gender, age. Test-Retest Design: Personal ID-code needed for test-retest &amp; predictive validity C.5 Do you use any other kind of methodology in your study? no C.5.1 If yes, please specify. / D. Logistics D.1 Please define stages in the research process at which you would like to update your registered design: D.2 If applicable, please name the policy organizations collaborating with you on the project: / D.3 If applicable, please name the source of funding for your project: KU Leuven D.3.1 If applicable, please detail the research budget of your project: D.4 Please indicate the type and number of outputs and publications planned for this project: D.5 Please provide any additional comments on the registration of your research project: D.6 Please provide any other supporting documents: -Annex 1- Socio-demographics &amp; Questionnaires -Annex 2- Experiencing Grace Scale -Annex 3- Hypotheses &amp; Statistics - Annex 4: IC – information &amp; Follow-up letter CERTIFICATION I hereby register my research project and supplementary materials. I confirm that I own the rights to release these materials into the public domain.