TITLE:
The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) in Greek Population of Attica
AUTHORS:
Panagiota Darvyri, Michael Galanakis, Adamantios G. Avgoustidis, Spyros Vasdekis, Artemios Artemiadis, Xanthi Tigani, George P. Chrousos, Christina Darviri
KEYWORDS:
Spiritual Well-Being, Religiousness, Standardization
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.5 No.13,
September
29,
2014
ABSTRACT: The
purpose of this study was to standardize a Greek version of the Spiritual
Well-Being Scale and to study its psychometric qualities on Greek population.
The questionnaire was completed by 496 adults from several areas of Attica
(31.9% = male adults), while the sample’s average age was 31.33 years old. Age
ranged from 18 to 69 years old. Based on the eigenvalues produced by the factor
analysis, a three factors solution (“Affiliation with God”, “Satisfaction with
life” and “Alienation from God-sense of meaningless life”) was used. These
three factors account for 51.492% of the variance. Nevertheless the three
factors found in the Greek standardization differ from those of the original
standardization, providing reason to believe that spiritual well-being among
Greeks is different than well-being among US College Students. According to the
final structure, the 1st factor’s reliability was α = 0.882, the 2nd factor’s α = 0.738 and the 3rd factor’s α = 0.669. The results of the
analysis demonstrate that the final form of the Scale can be safely used on
similar studies concerning Greek population. Applications and value of the
results are included in the discussion.