title: Validation of Brief Multidimensional Spirituality/Religiousness Inventory (BMMRS) in Italian Adult Participants and in Participants with Medical Diseases.
abstract: This study aimed at assessing the reliability and construct validity of Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (BMMRS) on Italian sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  353 Italian participants: 58.9% affected by different diseases and 41.1% healthy subjects. The results of descriptive statistics of internal consistency reliabilities (Chronbach's coefficient) of the BMMRS revealed a remarkable consistency and reliability of different scales DSE, SpC, SC, CSC, VB, SPY-WELL and a good Inter-Class Correlations ≥70 maintaining a good stability of the measures over the time. BMMRS is a useful inventory for the evaluation of the principal spiritual dimensions.
authors: Scientific and Technological Area, Department of Neurology, INRCA-IRCCS National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via della Montagnola n. 81, Ancona, Italy. a.vespa@inrca.it.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Vespa
authors: Department of Neurology, INRCA-IRCCS National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via Della Montagnola n. 108, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Maria Velia
authors: MV
authors: Giulietti
authors: Palliative Care Unit, San Carlo Hospital, Via Potito Petrone, 85100, Potenza, Italy.
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Spatuzzi
authors: Biostatistical Center, INRCA-IRCCS National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via della Montagnola n. 81, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Fabbietti
authors: National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via della Montagnola n. 81, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Meloni
authors: Clinic of Internal Medicine and Geriatric, INRCA-IRCCS National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, via Della Montagnola n. 108, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Pisana
authors: P
authors: Gattafoni
authors: INRCA-Department of Neurology, INRCA-IRCCS National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via Della Montagnola n. 108, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Marica
authors: M
authors: Ottaviani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Inner spirituality; Medical diseases; Spiritual coping; Spirituality; Validation