Hope and Spiritual Well-Being: Essentials for Living With AIDS

Carson, Verna J.; Soeken, Karen L.; Shanty, Joyce A; Terry, Lillian

doi:10.1111/j.1744-6163.1990.tb00306.x

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“…Convergent validity was shown as EWB was associated with purpose in life (Ellison 1983) and hope (Carson et al 1990) and RWB with purpose in life and intrinsic religiosity (Ellison 1983). However, the factor analytic characteristics of the SWB were insufficient.…”

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Measuring Spirituality as a Universal Human Experience: A Review of Spirituality Questionnaires

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Spirituality is an important theme in health research, since a spiritual orientation can help people to cope with the consequences of a serious disease. Knowledge on the role of spirituality is, however, limited, as most research is based on measures of religiosity rather than spirituality. A questionnaire that transcends specific beliefs is a prerequisite for quantifying the importance of spirituality among people who adhere to a religion or none at all. In this review, we discuss ten questionnaires that address spirituality as a universal human experience. Questionnaires are evaluated with regard to psychometric properties, item formulation and confusion with well-being and distress. Although none of the questionnaires fulfilled all the criteria, the multidimensional Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire is promising.

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“…Similarly, Carson et al (1990) found that hope was related more closely to EWB than to RWB in a sample of 66 HIVϩ patients with AIDS-related complex (ARC) or AIDS.…”

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Spiritual Well-Being and Health

Tsuang¹,

Simpson²,

Koenen³

et al. 2007

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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Data on empirical associations between religious variables and health outcomes are needed to clarify the complex interplay between religion and mental health. The aim of this study was to determine whether associations with health variables are primarily attributable to explicitly religious aspects of spiritual well-being (SWB) or to "existential" aspects that primarily reflect a sense of satisfaction or purpose in life. Three hundred forty-five pairs of twins from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry completed a diagnostic interview and questionnaires containing the 2-factor SWB Scale and general health items. Observed associations between SWB and health outcomes were uniquely explained by the SWB subscale of existential well-being, with much less of a unique explanatory contribution from religious well-being or "spiritual involvement." We concluded that studies of SWB and health should continue to distinguish between explicitly religious variables and others that more closely approximate the psychological construct of personal well-being.

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“…Given the documented importance of religion and spirituality in the lives of most Americans (Gallup, 1995), health psychologists have increasingly incorporated these constructs into the nexus of psycho-social factors thought to influence individuals’ ability to cope with, and adjust to, chronic illnesses such as cancer and HIV/AIDS (e.g., Carson, Soeken, Shanty, & Terry, 1990; Cotton, Levine, Fitzpatrick, Dold, & Targ, 1999; Mickley, Soeken, & Belcher, 1992; Riley et al, 1998; Tsuang, Simpson, Koenen, Kremen, & Lyons, 2007). As is the case in any nascent area of research, the conceptualization and measurement of the specific constructs within this domain have been a critical issue.…”

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Measuring meaning and peace with the FACIT–Spiritual Well-Being Scale: Distinction without a difference?

Peterman

Reeve

Winford

et al. 2014

Psychological Assessment

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The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT–Sp; Peterman, Fitchett, Brady, Hernandez, & Cella, 2002) has become a widely used measure of spirituality; however, there remain questions about its specific factor structure and the validity of scores from its separate scales. Specifically, it remains unclear whether the Meaning and Peace scales denote distinct factors. The present study addresses previous limitations by examining the extent to which the Meaning and Peace scales relate differentially to a variety of physical and mental health variables across 4 sets of data from adults with a number of chronic health conditions. Although a model with separate but correlated factors fit the data better, discriminant validity analyses indicated limited differences in the pattern of associations each scale showed with a wide array of commonly used health and quality-of-life measures. In total, the results suggest that people may distinguish between the concepts of Meaning and Peace, but the observed relations with health outcomes are primarily due to variance shared between the 2 factors. Additional research is needed to better understand the separate and joint role of Meaning and Peace in the quality of life of people with chronic illness.

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Hope and Spiritual Well-Being: Essentials for Living With AIDS

Cited by 102 publications

References 14 publications

Measuring Spirituality as a Universal Human Experience: A Review of Spirituality Questionnaires

Measuring Spirituality as a Universal Human Experience: A Review of Spirituality Questionnaires

Spiritual Well-Being and Health

Measuring meaning and peace with the FACIT–Spiritual Well-Being Scale: Distinction without a difference?

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