Enhancing the Focus of the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale—Introducing the SIBS-R2 : Results from Canada and the USA

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dc.abstract.enThe Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale-Revised (SIBS-R) is a popular measure of spirituality. Nevertheless, some items on the SIBS-R measure constructs other than spirituality (e.g., well-being), which undermines the validity of the SIBS-R as a measure of spirituality. In light of this, a new version of the SIBS-R, the SIBSR2, was created. The SIBS-R2 consists of eight items from the SIBS-R that are not confounded with other constructs such as well-being. The SIBS-R2 was validated in two samples of university students, US (n=153–433) and Canada (n=214–273). Participants in these studies completed the SIBS-R, and they completed measures of religiosity (intrinsic, extrinsic, and religion as quest), personality (the Big Five and self-focused attention), and well-being (self-esteem, depression, and satisfaction with life). The SIBS-R2 was reliable in both samples (α=0.92, US and 0.91, CA), and factor analyses found that the single-factor structures in the two samples were similar. Regression analyses found that the SIBS-R2 was positively related to intrinsic religiosity and was not significantly related to personal and social extrinsic religiosity nor to religion as quest. SIBS-R2 scores were positively correlated with satisfaction with life, self-esteem, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and reflection, and was negatively correlated with rumination, although these relationships were not strong and varied slightly between the two samples. These results suggest that the SIBS-R2 is a measure of spirituality that is not meaningfully contaminated with personality, self-focused attention, and some aspects of well-being. Furthermore, a brief, three-item version of the SIBS-R2 was proposed.
dc.affiliationInstitute of psychology
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorNezlek, John
dc.date.access2026-10-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-07T07:51:21Z
dc.date.available2026-10-07T07:51:21Z
dc.date.created2026-06-15
dc.date.issued2026-07-07
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10943-026-02718-y
dc.identifier.eissn1573-6571
dc.identifier.issn0022-4197
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2586
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
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dc.subject.enSpirituality
dc.subject.enReligiosity
dc.subject.enWell-being
dc.subject.enPersonality
dc.subject.enQuestionnaire
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dc.titleEnhancing the Focus of the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale—Introducing the SIBS-R2 : Results from Canada and the USA
dc.title.journalJournal of Religion and Health
dc.typeJournalArticle
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