Adapting the Spirituality Index of Well-Being


Spirituality Index of Well-being: A validity and reliability study Spirituality is associated with social, mental and emotional aspects of human being as well as it is a source of motivation that empowers human being. The purpose of this study was to adapt Spirituality Index of Well-Being developed by Daleman and Frey (2004) into Turkish and to examine its reliability and validity. This scale was designed to measure the effect of spirituality on subjective well-being. SIWB used in this research was a 12-item likert type with 5 point response format. This study was conducted in three phases with 404 university students . The psychometric properties of the scale were examined language equivalence, criterian related validity, internal consistency and confirmatory factor analysis.The results of confirmatory factor analyses demonsrated that two factor structure of the Spirituality Index of Well-Being validated. The confirmatory factor analysis found the following fit indices::(değerleri yazalım). To test concurrent validity, positive correlations were found between Spirituality Index of Well-Being and Resilience Scale.The cronbach's alpha for the total scale .82 , for the self-efficacy subscale .83 ,and life scheme life scale.82 .Considering reliability and validity study results,Spirituality Index of Well-Being is valid and reliable instrument.


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spirituality, well-being, spirituality index of well-being

Author : Muhammet Şerif KESKİNOĞLU -Fusun EKŞİ - Halil EKŞİ
Number of pages: 723-737
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.22717
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Turkish Studies-Social Sciences
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