Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being--Mexican-Spanish Version

The Swedish version of the multidimensional inventory for religious/spiritual well-being – Part II: Development of a four-field typology

“…Finally, differences in HT were not significant. In accordance with correlative findings (Unterrainer et al, 2012;Berger et al, 2016;Malinovic et al, 2016;Agarkov et al, 2018;Wenzl et al, 2021), our results therefore support the notion that people can equally rely on transcendent as well as on existential beliefs when confronted with the threat of death (Wenzl et al, 2021).…”

“…significant differences with very large effect sizes (p < 0.001, at least η 2 = 0.760) were found for RWB, SWB, and the joint factor RSWB-R. Because the cluster analysis was centered around the two variables RWB and SWB, the fact that the clusters differed clearly from each other validates the accuracy of the accepted cluster solution (see Table 2). With respect to FO, HI, and SM, our findings are in line with prior studies showing positive correlates with RWB (referred to as GR) and SWB (referred to as CO) across different countries and translations of the MI-RSWB (Unterrainer et al, 2012;Berger et al, 2016;Malinovic et al, 2016;Agarkov et al, 2018). Apart from purely correlational and cross-sectional studies, there is general evidence that certain religious and spiritual aspects might predict forgiveness, hope and optimism, as well as sense of meaning and purpose in a causal way (Ciarrocchi et al, 2008;Van Tilburg et al, 2019;Fincham et al, 2020).…”

“…However, according to Antonovsky (1987), religiosity and spirituality are assumed to be positively related to SOC or even to enhance it. This notion is partly supported by empirical findings showing a positive relationship between SOC and GR (Unterrainer et al, 2010a;Berger et al, 2016). The contradictory findings could be caused by differing populations or by other confounding variables that might be revealed in future studies.…”

“…For the MI-RSWB-S, Cronbach's α was between 0.67 (SM) and 0.97 (GR) for the subscales and 0.94 for the joint factor RSWB-R. Accordingly, the reliability of the MI-RSWB was generally shown to be consistent across different translations (e.g., Unterrainer et al, 2010aUnterrainer et al, , 2012Stefa-Missagli et al, 2014;Berger et al, 2016;Malinovic et al, 2016;Agarkov et al, 2018), with the exception of the Farsi adaptation, where Cronbach's α for HT and SM was considerably lower (see Dadfar et al, 2019;Kazemzadeh Atoofi et al, 2019).…”