Development and Validation of the Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire among University students

The purpose of this research has been to develop and validate the spiritual well-being questionnaire among Tehran University students. The subjects of the research Were 3052 students (1239 boys، 1761 girls though 52 persons did not determine their sex). Eventually، due to the model suggested by National Interfaith Coalition on Aging (1975) a questionnaire with 40 questions have been built to measure the dimensions of relationship with God، self، nature and the others. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the four dimensions model of spiritual well being have fitted between students. Cronbach''s alpha coefficient of the whole questionnaire was 0. 94 and alpha coefficients of subscales were 0. 93، 0. 92، 0. 91 and 0. 85 respectively. Furthermore، test-retest reliability coefficient of the whole questionnaire was 0. 86 and for its subscales were 0. 81، 0. 89، 0. 81 and 0. 80 respectively. The results showed the convergent and divergent validity of questionnaire were acceptable. Another consequence of the research was that the mean value of spiritual well being numbers and subscales numbers of relationship with God، self، and nature of female students were significantly more than male students. However، there was not any significant difference between genders in the relationship with other subscale. In general، the research results showed the questionnaire of spiritual well being among students has appropriate psychometric characteristics and can be used in researches.