Tomás, CarlaMoreira, Ana2024-02-202024-02-202023Tomás, C., & Moreira, A. (2023). Battles of the Soul: Validation of the Scale of Religious and Spiritual Struggles (RSS) for the Portuguese Population. Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01953-x15736571http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9590This study aims to adapt and validate the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale for the Portuguese population. The sample consisted of 732 participants with vari‑ ous religious afliations. The exploratory factor analysis showed that it consists of six dimensions, similar to the initial instrument. A KMO of 0.91 was obtained. The confrmatory factor analysis confrmed the existence of six factors and showed adequate ft indices. Internal consistency and construct reliability were above 0.70. The analysis of the psychometric qualities of this instrument indicates that it can be applied to the Portuguese population and is a valuable instrument for psychothera‑ peutic practice and studies in the psychology of religion and spirituality.engReligionPsychologySpiritualityStrugglesQuantitative studyjournal article10.1007/s10943-023-01953-x