Table 2.
Mean values of the items from SpREUK-P 1.1 and reliability parameters
| Factors and Items | Mean value (Score 0–3) | SD | Factor load | Item difficulty | Corrected Item-Total correlation | Alpha if Item deleted (α = 0.8517) | |
| Conventional Religious Practice (α = 0.8642) | |||||||
| P2 | go to church: | 1.30 | 0.94 | 0.794 | 0.44 | 0.116 | 0.858 |
| P20 | participate in religious events: | 0.87 | 0.98 | 0.779 | 0.29 | 0.266 | 0.851 |
| P19 | religious symbols are important in private area | 1.37 | 1.03 | 0.772 | 0.46 | 0.414 | 0.846 |
| P1 | pray: | 1.66 | 0.99 | 0.692 | 0.55 | 0.499 | 0.843 |
| Existentialistic Practice (α = 0.7797) | |||||||
| P13 | work on my self-realization: | 1.65 | 0.80 | 0.782 | 0.55 | 0.318 | 0.849 |
| P14 | work on my spiritual development: | 2.01 | 0.75 | 0.667 | 0.67 | 0.483 | 0.844 |
| P11 | try to get insight (also into myself): | 2.07 | 0.75 | 0.606 | 0.69 | 0.682 | 0.838 |
| P15 | try to achieve a higher level of consciousness: | 1.23 | 0.91 | 0.568 | 0.41 | 0.531 | 0.842 |
| P10 | reflect upon the meaning of life: | 2.08 | 0.75 | 0.520 | 0.70 | 0.460 | 0.845 |
| P16 | try to convey positive values & convictions to others: | 1.91 | 0.77 | 0.436 | 0.64 | 0.432 | 0.846 |
| Unconventional Spiritual Practice (α = 0.7535) | |||||||
| P7 | work on a body-mind discipline: | 0.92 | 1.04 | 0.768 | 0.31 | 0.450 | 0.844 |
| P4 | meditate: | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.723 | 0.31 | 0.471 | 0.844 |
| P8 | perform distinct rituals: | 0.99 | 1.02 | 0.682 | 0.33 | 0.577 | 0.839 |
| P6 | read religious/spiritual books: | 1.24 | 1.15 | 0.595 | 0.41 | 0.371 | 0.826 |
| P5 | recite distinct (i.e. holy) texts: | 0.71 | 0.86 | 0.534 | 0.24 | 0.483 | 0.844 |
| Humanistic Practice (α = 0.7907) | |||||||
| P23 | try to consider the needs of others: | 2.31 | 0.56 | 0.774 | 0.77 | 0.319 | 0.849 |
| P22 | try to help others: | 2.41 | 0.58 | 0.746 | 0.80 | 0.355 | 0.848 |
| P24 | thoughts are with those in need: | 1.98 | 0.70 | 0.717 | 0.66 | 0.370 | 0.848 |
| P25 | try to do good: | 2.30 | 0.58 | 0.650 | 0.77 | 0.302 | 0.849 |
| P26 | feel connected with others: | 2.26 | 0.66 | 0.574 | 0.75 | 0.340 | 0.848 |
| P3 | try make an effort for other people: | 2.21 | 0.70 | 0.445 | 0.74 | 0.499 | 0.844 |
| Nature-oriented Practice (α = 0.5853) | |||||||
| P17 | try to be aware of how I treat the world around: | 2.42 | 0.60 | 0.725 | 0.80 | 0.396 | 0.847 |
| P18 | try to have a healing effect on environment: | 1.85 | 0.82 | 0.616 | 0.62 | 0.519 | 0.843 |
| P9 | turn to nature: | 2.03 | 0.81 | 0.551 | 0.68 | 0.244 | 0.851 |
| Guardian Angel | |||||||
| P21x | belief in (my) Guardian Angel: | 1.79 | 1.03 | 0.584 | 0.60 | 0.377 | 0.848 |