title: Spiritual and Religious Attitudes in Dealing with Illness in Polish Patients with Chronic Diseases: Validation of the Polish Version of the SpREUK Questionnaire.
abstract: Although providing religious/spiritual (SpR) support to sick has received in Poland growing attention in the scientific literature, little has been written about how to measure whether patients are in search for SpR or may already have trust in such a resource helpful to cope with disease. The Polish version of the SpREUK questionnaire was validated in a sample of 275 patients with chronic diseases. Both explorative and confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the already established three subscales, i.e., Search, Trust, and Reflection, with good internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach's α between .74 and .91). The instrument appears to be a good choice to be used in both secular and religious societies.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Integrative Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, 58313, Herdecke, Germany. arndt.buessing@uni-wh.de.
authors.forename: Arndt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Büssing
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Paedagogy, Cardinal Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Franczak
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Paedagogy, Cardinal Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland.|Faculty for Religious Education, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Surzykiewicz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011044:Poland; D011594:Psychometrics; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Catholic; Chronic diseases; Patients; Poland; Questionnaire; Religiosity; Spirituality; Validation