Presenting a 4-Item Spiritual Well-Being Index (4-ISWBI)

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ID16901419
AuthorsJohn Fisher (0000-0003-1922-0145), David Ng (0000-0002-1787-0841), David T K Ng (Education University of Hong Kong)
Year2017
Volume8
Issue9
Pages179
Publication date2017-09-04
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel8090179
OpenAlexW2750621838
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited28

Spiritual well-being is perceived to be reflected in the quality of relationships that people have in four areas, namely with God, others, nature, and self. Many spiritual well-being questionnaires exist, but not many provide an adequate assessment of these four relationships. As part of a survey of parental perceptions of holistic early childhood education in kindergartens in Hong Kong, 1383 parents and 165 teachers, from 22 kindergartens, completed a written survey questionnaire which helped to investigate the potential for a single question with four parts to provide a valid and reliable measure for spiritual well-being. Face, content, and construct validity were confirmed, together with Cronbach’s alpha providing a test for reliability. Similarity of findings from regression analysis of items in the 4-ISWBI with domains of spiritual well-being in the 20-item SHALOM, as well as partial discrimination by gender, reinforce the validity of the 4-ISWBI as a sound indicator of spiritual well-being and its four domains. In brief, the 4-Item Spiritual Well-Being Index (4-ISWBI) promises to be a handy instrument to aid researchers looking for a convenient, concise, coherent indicator, but not an exhaustive measure, of spiritual well-being

Construct validity · Content validity · Cronbach's alpha · Developmental psychology · Face validity · Perception · Psychometrics · Shalom · Theology · Well-being · Computer Science · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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