Development and Application of a Short-Form Questionnaire for Assessing Spiritual, Religious and Personal Beliefs Related to Quality of Life (WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF) in Portugal

Maria Nazarete Costa Catré, Joaquim Armando Ferreira, Maria Costa Catré and Marco Pereira ()
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Maria Nazarete Costa Catré: Agrupamento de Escolas de Eugénio de Castro
Joaquim Armando Ferreira: University of Coimbra
Maria Costa Catré: University of Coimbra
Marco Pereira: University of Coimbra

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021, vol. 16, issue 1, No 13, 258 pages

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the European Portuguese version of a short-form instrument for assessing spiritual, religious and personal beliefs related to quality of life (WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF). The European Portuguese version of the WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF was completed by a heterogeneous sample of 606 participants (72.4% female), with a mean age of 46.88 years, and with no religious affiliation or distinct religions (71.3% Catholic). In addition to the WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF, participants completed the Portuguese versions of the Brief Religious Coping questionnaire (Brief RCOPE), and the measure of orientation toward religion AGE UNIVERSAL I-E Scale-12. The European Portuguese version of the WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF showed satisfactory reliability (Cronbach’s alpha between 0.71 and 0.87 across domains). Confirmatory factor analysis corroborated the proposed five-domain structure. Convergent validity with the general facet on QoL was satisfactory for all domains. Spiritual QoL was significantly and positively associated with positive religious coping (r = .62, p

Keywords: Quality of life; Reliability; Validity; WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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