Assessment name: Ironson-Woods Spirituality/ Religiousness Index (IWSRI)
Scale
overview: The Ironson-Woods
Spirituality/ Religiousness Index (IWSRI) is a 22-item self-report measure measuring
two dimensions of spirituality and two dimensions of religiousness (Ironson et
al., 2002).
Authors: Gail Ironson, Teresa Woods
Response
Type: Items are
rated on a scale of agreement from 1 to 5.
Scale
items
The 22
items were associated with four factors. The items measure a diverse range of
beliefs about God, life, and health as well as religious behavior such as
attendance at services and participation in religious activities. Following are
the factor names and association with spirituality or religiousness.
Spirituality
Sense of Peace
Compassionate View of Others
Religiousness
Faith in God
Religious Behavior
Psychometric
properties
Ironson et
al. (2002) provided values indicating adequate internal consistency and
test-retest values supporting reliability of the scores in their study. In
addition, they provided evidence supporting adequate concurrent and
discriminant validity.
Availability: The complete list of items may be
found in Ironson et al. (2002).
Reference
for the scale
Ironson G, Solomon GF, Balbin EG, O’Cleirigh C, George A,
Kumar M, et al. (2002). The Ironson-Woods spirituality/religiousness index is
associated with long survival, health behaviors, less distress and low cortisol
in people with HIV/AIDS. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 24:34–38.
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Geoffrey W. Sutton PhD is
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