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Domains of spiritual well-being and development and validation of the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire
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Gomez, R and Fisher, J, Domains of spiritual well-being and development and validation of the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire, Personality and Individual Differences: An International Journal of Research Into The Structure and Development of Personality and The Causation of Individual Differences, 35, (8) pp. 1975-1991. ISSN 0191-8869 (2003) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00045-X
Abstract
Fisher (1998) proposed a spiritual well-being model, comprising the domains of personal, communal, environmental and transcendental well-being, and a single global spiritual well-being dimension. This paper reports on four studies aimed at testing Fisher's theoretical model, and establishing the validity and reliability of a new self-rating questionnaire (Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire; SWBQ), developed to reflect this model. All four studies supported Fisher's model. The SWBQ showed good reliability (Cronbach's alpha, composite reliability and variance extracted), and validity (construct, concurrent, discriminant, predictive and factorial independence from personality). The SWBQ has the advantage over other existing spiritual well-being measures in that it is based on a broader
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
| Research Group: | Psychology |
| Research Field: | Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) |
| Objective Field: | Behaviour and Health |
| UTAS Author: | Gomez, R (Professor Rapson Gomez) |
| ID Code: | 62910 |
| Year Published: | 2003 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 123 |
| Deposited By: | Psychology |
| Deposited On: | 2010-03-30 |
| Last Modified: | 2010-05-05 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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