STI GROUP REPORTS
Actionable Results for Spiritual Formation Leaders
The Connected Life Model
The STI provides in-depth results in 33 scales organized around five domains of the Connected Life Model:
Connecting to God
Connecting to Self & Others
Connecting to Spiritual Practices
Connecting to Spiritual Community
Connecting to God's Kingdom
benefits of sti group report
get meaningful evidence
The STI group report gives you a snapshot of where your students are in their spiritual journey. You get meaningful evidence on the impact of your spiritual formation programs, and your group’s spiritual development in 33 areas.
strengthen programs
With the knowledge of students' strengths and growth areas, and the impact of your programs, you can devise targeted program revisions that address students' felt needs.
report key metrics
With tangible results, tracking and reporting program improvements to accrediting agencies is easier than ever.
HOW IT WORKS
INVITE STUDENTS
Send us student
email list
LINK SENT
Unique link sent to students.
COMPLETE ASSESSMENT
Students reflect on their spiritual lives
ANALYSIS
Scores and national norms scientifically calculated
REPORTS
Institutional reports delivered within 24 hours of data collection; individual reports emailed immediately
WHAT IT COVERS
AREAS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
Organized around the 5 domains of The Connected Life model
PROGRAMS
Measuring the importance and spiritual impact of key programs
SPIRITUAL OUTCOMES
Measuring the importance and impact of specific spiritual outcomes
VALIDATED BY THE HIGHEST SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS
The Spiritual Transformation Inventory represents a new class of spiritual assessment that combines theoretical depth, scientific rigor, practical utility, and national benchmark norms.
The Spiritual Transformation Inventory (STI) represents the gold standard in spiritual assessment, meeting rigorous scientific criteria for both reliability and validity. All 33 STI scales demonstrate exceptional internal consistency, with Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients ranging from .75 to .94 (mean = .87), well above the scientific threshold of .70 for acceptable reliability. Over two decades of research has established the STI’s strong construct validity through multiple methods: comprehensive factor analysis procedures, convergent and divergent validity correlations with independent measures of spirituality and well-being, and known-groups validity discriminating between spiritual exemplars and non-exemplars. This extensive validation ensures that the STI provides accurate, meaningful insights into spiritual formation that administrators and researchers can trust.
RELIABILITY
All 33 STI scales meet the highest standard of reliability as measured by Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient. STI Alpha coefficients range from .75 to .94, with a mean of .87, indicating a high degree of internal consistency according to scientific standards which set .70 as the minimum coefficient for “acceptable” reliability.
VALIDITY
Over 10 years of research on the STI has demonstrated strong construct validity based on: 1) factor analysis procedures; 2) convergent and divergent validity based on correlations with numerous independent measures of spirituality, psychological well-being, and physical symptom; and 3) known groups validity based on discriminating between nominated spiritual exemplars and non-exemplars.
The SpiritPulse has demonstrated construct validity based on domain total scores predicting outcomes such as spiritual struggles, spiritual well-being and overall well-being.