Carrico, Gifford, and Moos (2007) Studied the Relation Between a Substance

question 7

Multiple Choice

Carrico, Gifford, and Moos (2007) studied the relation between a substance abuser's spirituality/religiosity and her participation in a 12-step program.Participants in the study rated their agreement, on a scale from 1 to 5, with statements such as, "In my life I experience the presence of the divine." In this study, spirituality/religiosity is the _____ and participants' ratings of agreement to the specific statements are the _____.

• A) dependent variable; independent variables
• B) independent variable; dependent variables
• C) manifest variable; latent variables
• D) latent variable; manifest variables

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