Psychometric Validation of the Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List-Short Form (SAIL-SF) in Adults with Grief Symptoms
Method Stream: Other
ECs: Only 14 EC (standard, no new/own data collection. Applicable in case of a clinical internship)
Description:
Spiritual well-being has emerged as a crucial factor in grief processing and bereavement adaptation. Spiritual well-being can be conceptualized nontheistically as one's affirmation of connection with oneself, others, nature, and the transcendent. The Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List-Short Form (SAIL-SF) is a validated 7-item measure assessing spiritual well-being across seven dimensions: meaningfulness, trust, acceptance, caring for others, connectedness with nature, transcendent experiences, and spiritual activities. While the SAIL-SF has demonstrated good psychometric properties in general populations and patients with cancer, its psychometric properties have not been specifically examined in bereaved individuals.
This thesis project is embedded within a larger randomized controlled trial investigating nature-focused mindfulness interventions for adults with moderate grief symptoms (N=262, https://www.utwente.nl/nl/bms/natuur/). The student will conduct a comprehensive psychometric validation of the SAIL-SF using baseline data from this grief population.
Potential research objectives include: (1) examining the factor structure of SAIL-SF in bereaved adults through confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses, (2) assessing internal consistency reliability, (3) investigating convergent validity with related measures (nature connectedness, elevating experience, psychological well-being, etc).
Who are we looking for? (optional)
A student with interest in spiritual well-being and in scale assessment with factor-analyses.