Validity and reliability of a spiritual well-being scale in a group of Romanian children and adolescents

In this report, spiritual health is conceived as well-being in the relationship that the individual has with himself, with nature, with others and with God, a subject that has increasingly occupied the interest of researchers and educators during the last three decades. This research has estimated the validity and reliability of the Spiritual Well-being Scale, Romanian children’s version. The instrument consists of 27 statements to assess spiritual well-being in children and adolescents, on a five-point Likert scale. For content validity, six experts participated evaluating the clarity and relevance of the statements. For construct validity, 503 students from primary and middle school level attending Romanian schools from different regions participated. An exploratory factor analysis was performed using the principal axis method, with an oblimin rotation. It is concluded that the resulting instrument has the appropriate psychometric properties and can be useful for the assessment of the spiritual wellbeing of minors in clinical and educational contexts.