When mean scores on the Spiritual or Philosophical Domain of the Coping Resources Inventory for 96 university students of ages 20 to 47 years, were compared with means of the standardization sample, values fell outside the upper limit of the 99% confidence interval, suggesting the scale may not have external validity for a sample of students.
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