TY - JOUR
T1 - Multidimensional Assessment of Spirituality/Religion in Patients with HIV
T2 - Conceptual Framework and Empirical Refinement
AU - Szaflarski, Magdalena
AU - Kudel, Ian
AU - Cotton, Sian
AU - Leonard, Anthony C.
AU - Tsevat, Joel
AU - Ritchey, P. Neal
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study was funded by the Health Services Research & Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (grant #ECI 01-195, PI: Tsevat) and by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (grants #R01 AT01147 and #K24 AT001676, PI: Tsevat). We would like to thank our research team, nurses and physicians who recruited patients for this study, and the many patients who participated in the study. Preliminary findings were presented at the 5th North American Multidisciplinary Academic Conference on Spirituality and Health, September 25–26, 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We thank Ronnie D. Horner, Ph.D. and the faculty in the Center for Clinical Effectiveness, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, for helpful comments on earlier versions of this manuscript.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - A decade ago, an expert panel developed a framework for measuring spirituality/religion in health research (Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality), but empirical testing of this framework has been limited. The purpose of this study was to determine whether responses to items across multiple measures assessing spirituality/religion by 450 patients with HIV replicate this model. We hypothesized a six-factor model underlying a collective of 56 items, but results of confirmatory factor analyses suggested eight dimensions: Meaning/Peace, Tangible Connection to the Divine, Positive Religious Coping, Love/Appreciation, Negative Religious Coping, Positive Congregational Support, Negative Congregational Support, and Cultural Practices. This study corroborates parts of the factor structure underlying the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality and some recent refinements of the original framework.
AB - A decade ago, an expert panel developed a framework for measuring spirituality/religion in health research (Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality), but empirical testing of this framework has been limited. The purpose of this study was to determine whether responses to items across multiple measures assessing spirituality/religion by 450 patients with HIV replicate this model. We hypothesized a six-factor model underlying a collective of 56 items, but results of confirmatory factor analyses suggested eight dimensions: Meaning/Peace, Tangible Connection to the Divine, Positive Religious Coping, Love/Appreciation, Negative Religious Coping, Positive Congregational Support, Negative Congregational Support, and Cultural Practices. This study corroborates parts of the factor structure underlying the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality and some recent refinements of the original framework.
KW - Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality
KW - HIV
KW - Religion
KW - Spirituality
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U2 - 10.1007/s10943-010-9433-9
DO - 10.1007/s10943-010-9433-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 21136166
AN - SCOPUS:84869872744
SN - 0022-4197
VL - 51
SP - 1239
EP - 1260
JO - Journal of Religion and Health
JF - Journal of Religion and Health
IS - 4
ER -