Princess Aisha Bint Al Hussein College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Al Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma'an (71111), P.O. Box: 20, Jordan.
Clinical Department, Alzaytoonah University of Jordan (ZUJ), Faculty of Nursing, Nursing Department, Amman, Jordan.
Appl Nurs Res. 2018 Feb;39:115-120. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2017.11.008. Epub 2017 Nov 7.
Spirituality has been recently recognized in many areas around the world as a factor influencing the general health and wellbeing on individuals. There is a scarcity addressing this issue in the Middle East, like many other regions. Perhaps one reason for this is related to the absence of instruments measuring spirituality. The goal of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the spiritual questionnaire in university students in South Jordan. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on data coming from a sample of university students (n=1269). The questionnaire demonstrated validity and reliability. While the confirmatory factor analysis resulted in 29-item model, the exploratory factor analysis resulted in a 21-item model. The main factors in the model were self-awareness, importance of spiritual belief, spiritual practices, and spiritual needs. Spirituality questionnaire demonstrated good validity and reliability levels when used to measure spirituality among university students in Jordan. The 21-item model requires further testing to ensure stability over use. It is crucial in the future to test the impact of spirituality on the general health and wellbeing of adult individuals using the spirituality questionnaire and other research instruments.
近年来，世界各地的许多领域都认识到，精神信仰是影响个人整体健康和幸福的一个因素。在中东地区，像许多其他地区一样，针对这一问题的研究还很少。造成这种情况的原因之一可能与缺乏衡量精神信仰的工具有关。本研究的目的是调查南约旦大学生精神问卷的心理测量特性。对来自大学生样本（n=1269）的数据进行了探索性和验证性因素分析。该问卷具有良好的效度和信度。验证性因素分析得出的是 29 项模型，而探索性因素分析得出的是 21 项模型。模型中的主要因素是自我意识、精神信仰的重要性、精神实践和精神需求。该精神问卷在约旦大学生中测量精神信仰时具有良好的效度和信度水平。21 项模型需要进一步测试，以确保在使用中的稳定性。未来，使用精神问卷和其他研究工具来测试精神信仰对成年人整体健康和幸福的影响至关重要。
