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Multidimensional Inventory of Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (MI-RSWB)

The Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (MI-RSWB) is a psychological assessment tool designed to measure an individual's level of spiritual and/or religious well-being. This tool is unique in that it approaches the idea of spirituality and religiosity from a predominantly psychological perspective.[1][2]

Measurement of Connection (mystical) Experience

Connection Experience > APZ (Abnormal Mental States) Questionnaire, Hood's Mysticism Scale, Mystical Experience Questionaire 30 Item, States of Consciousness Questonnaire

Notes

The MI-RSWB consists of 48 items, divided into six subscales with eight items each:

  1. General Religiosity (GR): This subscale measures the importance of faith in an individual's life and to what extent a person is living according to their religious beliefs.
  2. Connectedness (C): This subscale focuses on the extent to which a person feels a connection with all living beings and experiences a sense of unity with the world around them.
  3. Hope Transcendent (HT): This subscale measures a person's belief in a higher purpose and the extent to which they have faith in a transcendent source of strength.
  4. Forgiveness (F): This subscale is about an individual's ability to forgive oneself and others, and to what extent they believe they are forgiven by a higher power.
  5. Experiences of Sense and Meaning (SM): This subscale measures the extent to which a person experiences their life as meaningful, and whether they believe there is a larger sense or purpose to life.
  6. Hope Immanent (HI): This subscale gauges a person's optimistic attitudes and expectations towards their personal future and

Each item is rated on a six-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree), providing a comprehensive picture of an individual's spiritual or religious wellbeing. The MI-RSWB was designed to be used in a variety of research settings, including in the study of clinical psychology, health psychology, and counseling.

The MI-RSWB has shown strong internal consistency, validity, and reliability, making it a credible tool for measuring religious/spiritual well-being. The tool aims to contribute to the understanding of how religious and spiritual factors can influence a person's overall psychological health and well-being.

=The Scale

1. My faith gives me a feeling of security. 2. There are things which I cannot forgive.* 3. I view the future with optimism. 4. I have experienced the feeling of being absorbed into something greater. 5. I often think about the fact that I will have to leave behind my loved ones.* 6. I have experienced true (authentic) feelings. 7. It is possible for me to find contentment in intimate conversations with God. 8. There are people whom I hate.* 9. I think that things will improve in the future. 10. I believe that I will be reborn after my death. 11. I would do anything to prolong the lives of those I love.* 12. I have experienced deep affection. 13. I will be able to overcome all problems with God’s help. 14. There are people whom I will never be able to forgive.* 15. I think my life is moving in the right direction. 16. There are people with whom I feel a supernatural connection. 17. HT It is hard for me to think that my loved ones will one day no longer live.* 18. I have experienced true friendship. 19. In certain moments in my life‚ I feel very close to God. 20. There are things which people should not forgive.* 21. I think that I will have more positive than negative experiences in the future. 22. I have had experiences through which I have realized that nothing ever dies. 23. I am terrified of being forgotten after my death.* 24. I have often experienced openness and honesty. 25. With God’s help‚ I will be happy once again. 26. If somebody hurts me‚ I usually try to get revenge.* 27. I think that I will live my life in the future just as I envisage it. 28. I believe in further existence after death. 29. I would do anything to prolong my life.* 30. I have experienced things which I want to experience again and again. 31. I know that God is merciful. 32. The thought of seeing my enemies suffer satisfies me.* 33. I have a precise picture of what my future should be like. 34. I have experienced things which I cannot express in words. 35. I am scared about what will happen to me after my death.* 36. I have often had experiences which have deeply affected me. 37. I enjoy attending to religious community events. 38. There are people who deserve to be treated badly.* 39. My future seems to be extremely uncertain.* 40. I have experienced things which radiate a special kind of energy. 41. All hope ends with death.* 42. In my experience‚ it is possible for me to become so involved in something that I forget everything around me. 43. I feel the presence of God in nature. 44. I have forgiven those people who have hurt me. 45. I believe that the future holds exciting challenges for me. 46. I believe that I will have experiences in the future to which very few people have access. 47. I fear being made accountable for the things I have done wrong after my death.* 48. I have had one or more experiences in which the meaning of life became clear to me.

GR = General Religiosity (0.96); FO = Forgiveness (0.84); HI = Hope Immanent (0.82); CO = Connectedness (0.82); HT = Hope Transcendent (0.75); SM = Experiences of Sense and Meaning (0.77); Total (0.91)

Six-point rating 1 (“totally disagree”) to 6 (“totally agree”). General Religiosity (GR) 1‚ 7‚13‚19‚25‚31‚37‚43 Forgiveness (FO) 2*‚ 8*‚ 14*‚ 20*‚ 26*‚ 32*‚38*‚44 Hope Immanent (HI) 3‚ 9‚ 15‚ 21‚ 27‚ 33‚ 39*‚ 45 Connectedness (CO) 4‚ 10‚16‚22‚28‚34‚40‚46 Hope Transcendent (HT) 5*‚ 11*‚ 17*‚ 23*‚ 29*‚ 35*‚ 41*‚ 47* Experiences of Sense and Meaning (SM) 6‚ 12‚18‚24‚30‚36‚42‚48 Notes: * = coded inverse.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Unterrainer, H.-F. & Fink, A. (2013). Das Multidimensionale Inventar zum religiös-spirituellen Befinden (MI-RSB): Normwerte für die österreichische Allgemeinbevölkerung [The Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (MI-RSWB): Norm values for the Austrian general population]. Diagnostica, 1, 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000077
  2. ↑ Unterrainer, Human-Friedrich, Oliver Nelson, Joanna Collicutt, and Andreas Fink. “The English Version of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (MI-RSWB-E): First Results from British College Students.” Religions 3, no. 3 (2012): 588–99. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel3030588.
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