TY - JOUR
T1 - A cross-cultural study of spirituality, religion and personal beliefs as components of quality of life
AU - The WHOQOL-SRPB Group, [No Value]
AU - Skevington, Suzanne M
N1 - S. Skevington is a member of the WHOQOL-SRPB Group.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - This paper reports on an international study in 18 countries (n=5087) to observe how spirituality, religion and personal beliefs (SRPB) relate to quality of life (QoL). SRPB is assessed using the World Health Organization's QoL Instrument (the WHOQOL), where eight additional facets were included to more fully address these issues as they pertain to QoL, along with physical, social, psychological and environmental domains. The facets address issues such as inner peace, faith, hope and optimism, and spiritual connection. The results showed that SRPB was highly correlated with all of the WHOQOL domains (p
AB - This paper reports on an international study in 18 countries (n=5087) to observe how spirituality, religion and personal beliefs (SRPB) relate to quality of life (QoL). SRPB is assessed using the World Health Organization's QoL Instrument (the WHOQOL), where eight additional facets were included to more fully address these issues as they pertain to QoL, along with physical, social, psychological and environmental domains. The facets address issues such as inner peace, faith, hope and optimism, and spiritual connection. The results showed that SRPB was highly correlated with all of the WHOQOL domains (p
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.001
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1873-5347
VL - 62
SP - 1486
EP - 1497
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 6
ER -