A Study on Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Spiritual Well Being Scale

Cheung, Seung Deuk; Lee, Jong Bum; Park, Hyung Bae; Kim, Jin Sung; Bai, Dai Seg; Lee, Kwang Heun; Sagong, Jeoung Kyu; Song, Chang Jin; Bai, Jin Woo

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The study is to test reliability and validity of the Korean version of spiritual well being scale which is devised by Paloutzian and Ellison.
METHODS
The spiritual well being scale was translated into Korean by two psychiatrist and 131 Christians rated the Korean version of spiritual well being scale. For test-retest reliability, 80 telephone counsellor trainee rated it again after one week interval and statistical analysis was done with the collected data. RESULT: Correlation coefficients were regarded to have good test-retest reliability. Cronbach alpha value of total score, and religious well being subscale and existential well being subscale were significantly high. Among demographic factors, health(healthier) factors, is related with significantly high score of spiritual well-being scale(SWS). Period(over 30year) of christianity showed significant discriminative score of SWS. Factor analysis for validity showed 5 subgroups which were correlated with religious well-being scale(RWS) and existential well-being scale(EWS). 1st subgroup of RWS is related with educational factor, 2nd subgroup of RWS is related with health foactor, 3rd subgroup of RWS is related with personal relationship with God especially, 4th subgroup of EWS is related with health factor and 5th subgroup of EWS is related with reality oriented view. CONCLULSION: The Korean version of SWS which is consisted of RWS and EWS was proved to be a reliable and valid instrument of assessment of spirituality.