Scale
name: Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWB)
Scale
overview: The
Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWB) is a self-report 29-item measure of spiritual
wellbeing. There are two subscales: 10-items assess Existential Well-Being (EWB)
and 10 assess Religious Well-Being (RWB).
SA Strongly Agree
MA Moderately Agree
A Agree
D Disagree
MD Moderately Disagree
SD Strongly Disagree
See the
manual for scoring instructions.
Scale
items
Please see
the freely available scale pdf for the items in your preferred language.
Reliability: See the manual page 3.
The
RWBS, EWBS, and SWBS have good reliability. For the RWBS, test-retest
reliability coefficients across four studies, with 1-10 weeks between testings,
are .96, .99,
.96,
and .88. For the EWBS, the coefficients are .86, .98, .98, and .73. For total
SWBS,
the
coefficients are .93, .99, .99, and .82.
The
index of internal consistency, coefficient alpha, also shows high reliability.
Across 7 samples, the internal consistency coefficients ranged from .82 to .94
(RWB), .78 to .86 (EWB), and .89 to .94 (SWB) (Bufford, Paloutzian, &
Ellison, 1991).
Validity:
See the
manual page 4.
SWB,
RWB, and EWB are correlated positively with a positive self-concept, sense of
purpose in life, physical health, and emotional adjustment. They are negatively
correlated with ill health, emotional maladjustment, and lack of purpose in
life (Bufford, Paloutzian, & Ellison, 1991). See Paloutzian et al., (2012,
2021) for more extensive and up-to-date information.
Availability: (Note these links worked on 14
October 2022)
I found the
manual with the scale and details at this address
https://www.westmont.edu/sites/default/files/users/user401/SWBS%20Manual%202.0_0.pdf
The scale
is available in many languages and there is no cost but users must include the
copyright information.
This is a
link to the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, which is available in many languages. https://www.westmont.edu/psychology/raymond-paloutzian-spiritual-wellbeing-scale
References for the scale
Bufford,
Rodger & Paloutzian, Raymond & Ellison, Craig. (1991). The Spiritual
Well-Being Scale. Journal of Psychology and Theology. 19. 56-70. 10.1177/009164719101900106.
Czech version
Tavel, P., Sandora, J., Furstova, J., Lacev, A., Husek, V., Puzova, Z., Solcova, I. P., & Malinakova, K. (2021). Spiritual Well-Being Scale--Czech Version. PsycTESTS. https://doi.org/10.1037/t79654-000French version
Velasco, L., & Rioux, L. (2009). Spiritual Well-Being Scale—French Version. PsycTESTS. https://doi.org/10.1037/t45690-000
Additional references may be found at this link
(Note this link worked on 14 October 2022)
https://www.westmont.edu/psychology/raymond-paloutzian-spiritual-wellbeing-scale
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