In the present study, the authors developed the Christian Contentment Scale (CCS), an emic measure for assessing both the experience (i.e., inner satisfaction) and source (i.e., God) of contentment among Christian adults. First, the authors reviewed key writings from secular psychology, Buddhism, and Christianity to operationalize a definition of Christian contentment and generate an initial pool of 25 items for further analysis. Second, the authors conducted an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with separate subsamples of online Christian adults (N = 475), identifying and confirming a one-factor solution for the final 10-item scale. Third, the authors examined the reliability and validity of the CCS, with results revealing the scale had adequate internal consistency, was positively correlated with mindful qualities, life contentment, state contentment, equanimity, and daily spiritual experiences, and predicted equanimity and daily spiritual experiences, after controlling for state contentment. The authors concluded by exploring the salient role that Christian contentment can play in a more holistic, culturally sensitive conceptualization of psychological and spiritual health.

在本研究中，作者开发了基督徒满足感量表（CCS），这是一种评估基督徒成年人满足感的经历（即内在满足感）和来源（即上帝）的特有度量。首先，作者回顾了世俗心理学，佛教和基督教的主要著作，以使对基督教满足感的定义可操作，并产生了25个条目的初始库供进一步分析。其次，作者使用在线基督徒成人的单独子样本（N进行了探索性因素分析（EFA）和验证性因素分析（CFA） = 475），确定并确认最终10个项目的单因素解决方案。第三，作者检查了CCS的信度和效度，结果显示该量表具有足够的内部一致性，与正念品质，生活满足，状态满足，安逸和日常精神经历成正相关，并预测了静默和日常精神经历，在控制状态满足之后。作者通过探讨基督徒的满足感可以在心理和精神健康的更全面，更文化敏感的概念化中发挥的重要作用而得出结论。