The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire 387

naire (SCSORF) and provides preliminary information on the instrmnent. The SCSORF is a quick, easy to administer and score, lO-item scale assessing strength of religious faith. The SCSORF and personality and mood measures (i.e., Symptom Check List-90-Revised, Weinberger Adjustment Inventory, Be-lief in Personal Control Scale, and several author-designed questions) were administered to 102 undergraduate students. Preliminary findings uggest that the SCSORF is both reliable and valid. Furthermore, significant correlations between strength of reh'gious faith, self-esteem, interpersonal sensitivity, adaptive copin ~ and hope correspond with previous research, suggesting that mental health benefits are associated with strong religious faith. Implications for future research are also discussed. Religions faith is important to many people, with approximately 95% of Americans reporting belief in God and about 50 % being active in re-ligious organizations (Gallup & Castelli, 1989). While some researchers have maintained that religion and religious beliefs are often neglected in psychological research (Jones, 1994; Kirk-patrick & Spilka, 1989; Plante, 1996), the continually growing body of research focusing on religious issues indicates that researchers are becoming increasingly aware of, and inter-ested in examining, the influences of religion and religious faith on human behavior and psychological functioning (Jones, 1994). For instance, the in-clnsion of "Religious or Spiritual problem " as a diagnosis in the fourt