Table 2.
Spiritual/Religious Characteristics of the Sample
| Strongly Disagree/Disagree |
Neither Agree nor Disagree |
Strongly Agree/Agree |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | M (SD) | Range | |
| Spiritual Well-Being (Overall) | 40.3 (6.3) | 19 - 50 | ||||||
| Religious Well-Being Subscale | 19.1 (4.7) | 5 - 25 | ||||||
| Transformed Religious Well-Being | 1.6 (.9) | 0 - 3 | ||||||
| I believe that God/a Higher Power loves me and cares about me | 11 | 7 | 19 | 12.3 | 124 | 81 | ||
| I have a personally meaningful relationship with God/a Higher Power | 20 | 13 | 35 | 22.7 | 99 | 64 | ||
| I don’t get much personal strength and support from God/a Higher Power | 88 | 57 | 46 | 29.9 | 20 | 13 | ||
| I believe that God/a Higher Power is concerned about my problems | 21 | 14 | 39 | 25.3 | 94 | 61 | ||
| My relationship with God/a Higher Power contributes to my sense of well being | 16 | 10 | 47 | 30.5 | 91 | 59 | ||
| Existential Well-Being Subscale | 21.3 (3.2) | 10 - 25 | ||||||
| Transformed Existential Well-Being Scale | 1.3 (.7) | 0 - 3 | ||||||
| I don’t know who I am, where I came from, where I’m going | 130 | 84 | 20 | 13.0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| I feel very fulfilled and satisfied with my life | 12 | 8 | 26 | 16.9 | 116 | 75 | ||
| I feel good about my future | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15.0 | 126 | 82 | ||
| My life doesn’t have much meaning | 139 | 90 | 7 | 4.5 | 8 | 5 | ||
| I believe there is some real purpose in my life | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4.5 | 138 | 90 | ||
| Depressive Symptoms Scale (CDI-Short)a | 2.0 (2.5) | 0 - 13 | ||||||
| Transformed Depressive Symptoms Scale | .8 (.7) | 0 - 3 | ||||||
| Emotional Functioning Subscale (PedsQL)b | 73.5 (17.2) | 25 - 100 | ||||||
a
CDI-Short = Children’s Depression Inventory - Short Form.
b
PedsQL = Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory.