Sacredness as a psychological construct has not received much critical attention in the field of psychology due to a tradition of associating it with Christian spirituality by default. Recent endeavors have moved towards a more secular definition with limited success. In this study, a scale which quantitatively provides evidence towards a secular model of sacredness including but not limited to religion and spirituality was produced. 189 participants were asked what is most sacred to them, they then completed the novel scale, along with already-validated tests. This was done to understand if individuals were deriving their sacred perceptions from solely spiritual sources, or whether a more holistic model of sacredness is more accurate. Findings strongly indicate that sacredness as a concept can be conceptualized as being composed of at least four factors, those being social, emotional, spiritual, and practical sacredness.
