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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Relig Health. 2012 Mar;51(1):118–131. doi: 10.1007/s10943-010-9408-x

Table 2. Religious and spiritual characteristics.

Measure N (%)
Religious preference
 Protestant 97 (64)
 Catholic 16 (11)
 Jewish 1 (1)
 No 35 (23)
 preference
 Other 2 (1)
Mean (SD) Median Possible range

FACIT-Sp 34.5 (9.2) 35 0–48
 Meaning/peace 24.0 (5.8) 24 0–32
 Faith 10.5 (4.5) 11 0–16
RCOPE
 Positive religious coping 11.0 (5.7) 11 0–21
 Negative religious coping 4.1 (4.4) 3 0–21
SWBS 39.5 (9.9) 43 10–50
 Existential well-being 20.4 (5.0) 22 5–25
 Religious well-being 19.1 (6.2) 21 5–25
BMMRS
 Daily spiritual experiences 23.4 (6.1) 24 6–30
 Spiritual meaning 7.0 (2.2) 7 2–10

FACIT-Sp Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spirituality, SWBS Spiritual Well-Being Scale, BMMRS Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiosity and Spirituality