@ARTICLE{Da_Silva_João_P._Comparing_2020, author={Da Silva, João P. and Pereira, Anabela M.S. and Monteiro, Sara O.M. and Bartolo, Ana}, volume={vol. 51}, number={No 1}, journal={Polish Psychological Bulletin}, pages={51-61}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, publisher={Committee for Psychological Science PAS}, abstract={This study aimed to compare measures of religiosity and spirituality in the experience of positive and negative emotions. For this purpose, a measure of non-spiritual religiosity (Religious Sense Scale) was developed. Method: The study has been conducted on a sample of 279 participants aged between 19 and 69 (M=24.42, SD=9.463) who completed a questionnaire that included the Religious Sense Scale, the Portuguese version of the Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire and the abridged Portuguese version of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. Findings: The was found to have excellent metrical properties for the measurement of religiosity or “religious sense”. Religious individuals differ from spiritual ones in the experience of emotions: spirituality tends to a greater experience of positive affect and religiosity to negative affect.}, type={Article}, title={Comparing measures of religiosity and spirituality in the experience of emotions – Development and Validation of a Scale of Non-Spiritual Religiosity}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/115907/PDF/06.pdf}, doi={10.24425/ppb.2020.132651}, keywords={Religiosity, spirituality, emotions, scale, psychology}, }