[Religious/spiritual well-being in mentally ill persons II: the development of a short scale and comparison scores for clinical psychiatric groups and healthy controls].
OBJECTIVE
The Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (MI-RSWB) was successfully applied in several clinical as well as non-clinical studies. However, the original version of the scale often showed to be as too comprehensive especially for clinical surroundings. There for the aim of this study is to develop a short version of the scale comprising 12 items.


METHODS
Based on a sample representative of the Austrian general population (N = 1,500), a first MI-RSWB short version is developed by means of factor- and reliability analysis. Furthermore the new short version of the scale is initially validated through several indicators of mental illness.


RESULTS
The MI-RSWB short version shows convincing psychometric properties. The total scale as well as the sub scales exhibit at least a sufficient internal consistency. A significant negative association with several indicators of psychiatric illness is also confirmed for the short version of the scale.


CONCLUSIONS
The MI-RWSB 12 scale is especially recommended for further research focusing on the clinical relevance of religiosity and spirituality.
Zentrum für Integrative Suchtforschung (Verein Grüner Kreis), Wien, Österreich, human.unterrainer@uni-graz.at.
Human-Friedrich
HF
Unterrainer
Hans-Peter
HP
Kapfhammer
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D029181:Spirituality; D055815:Young Adult