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Faith & Vocation Faith & Vocation Survey ResultsSurvey Results

April 3, 2008Dr. Cindy Miller-Perrin

Dr. Don Thompson

Survey InstrumentsSurvey Instruments

Vocational Discernment & ActionFaith MeasuresBarriers to Vocational

Discernment & Action

Vocation: Discernment Vocation: Discernment and Action Through and Action Through

ServiceServiceSubscales Sample Items

Discernment •I have a good sense of my purpose in life.•I know of the many ways that I can use my gifts and talents within the context of my professional career.•I have a good sense of God’s purpose for my life.

Action Through Service

•I am motivated to choose a career that will enable me to provide some type of service to others.•I feel a deep sense of responsibility for reducing pain and suffering in the world.

Vocation ResultsVocation Results

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Faith MeasuresFaith Measures

Subscales Sample Items

Strength of Belief • I believe in God.

Faith Behavior • How often have you read a devotional, religious, or spiritual book in the last year?

Application of Faith • I depend on my faith in God for decision-making and direction.

Faith MeasuresFaith Measures

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Other Faith MeasuresOther Faith Measures

Subscales Sample ItemsFaith Maturity • My faith shapes how I think and act

each and every day.

Santa Clara Inventory •I look to my faith as providing meaning and purpose in my life.

Spiritual Transcendence

• I believe death is a doorway to another plane of existence

Faith Maturity & Faith Maturity & Santa Clara InventorySanta Clara Inventory

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Vocation BarriersVocation Barriers

Subscales Barriers to Vocation

Personal •Fear•Emotional Problems•Self-doubt•Lack of motivation

Interpersonal •A parent•A friend•A boy/girl friend•A teacher or professor

Social and Cultural

•Lack of financial resources•Feeling pressure or a desire to get married•Feeling that my opportunities are limited by the gender stereotypes of society

Barriers to Vocational Barriers to Vocational Discernment and ActionDiscernment and Action

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