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Values, attitudes, ideology and morality

Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being.

FACIT-Sp

What it measures
Spiritual well-being (non-denominational) on 3 facets: Meaning, Peace, and Faith (often split as Meaning/Peace = existential vs Faith)
Length and format
12 (FACIT-Sp-12); expanded FACIT-Sp-Ex (23 items). 5-point frequency/agreement (0 not at all - 4 very much), 7-day recall (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated/linguistically validated into many languages via the FACIT translation methodology (50+ languages across the FACIT system)
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - author permission

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Reference
Peterman, A. H., Fitchett, G., Brady, M. J., et al. (2002). Measuring spiritual well-being in people with cancer: the FACIT-Sp. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 24(1), 49-58.

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