Validation of Brief Multidimensional Spirituality/Religiousness Inventory (BMMRS) in Italian Adult Participants and in Participants with Medical Diseases

J Relig Health. 2017 Jun;56(3):907-915. doi: 10.1007/s10943-016-0285-9.

Abstract

This study aimed at assessing the reliability and construct validity of Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (BMMRS) on Italian sample.

Sample: 353 Italian participants: 58.9% affected by different diseases and 41.1% healthy subjects. The results of descriptive statistics of internal consistency reliabilities (Chronbach's coefficient) of the BMMRS revealed a remarkable consistency and reliability of different scales DSE, SpC, SC, CSC, VB, SPY-WELL and a good Inter-Class Correlations ≥70 maintaining a good stability of the measures over the time. BMMRS is a useful inventory for the evaluation of the principal spiritual dimensions.

Keywords: Inner spirituality; Medical diseases; Spiritual coping; Spirituality; Validation.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Attitude to Health
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / psychology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / psychology*
  • Psychometrics
  • Religion and Medicine*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spirituality*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*