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This downloadable booklet and instrument identify those domains of religiousness/ spirituality most likely to impact health. The information suggests potential mechanisms whereby these variables might operate; and provide a short multidimensional survey for use in clinical research.
This project was initially designed to bring together experts interested in addressing measurement issues around religiousness/spirituality and health from a multidimensional perspective. The booklet, which included the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (BMMRS), was published as a step to encourage the examination of religion/spirituality and health with sensitivity to the depth and complexity of the topic.
Spirituality is concerned with the transcendent, addressing ultimate questions about life's meaning, with the assumption that there is more to life than what we see or fully understand. Spirituality can call us beyond self to concern and compassion for others. While religions aim to foster and nourish the spiritual life and spirituality is often a salient aspect of religious participation it is possible to adopt the outward forms of religious worship and doctrine without having a strong relationship to the transcendent. Combining the 2 areas: religiousness and spirituality in 1 instrument was a goal that realized this distinction. Although much of the existing literature addresses salutary effects of religious involvement on health outcomes, some types of religious belief and experience may undermine health and well-being. Thus, the group also included measures to gauge potentially unhealthy attitudes or behaviors.
This publication is the product of a national working group supported by the Fetzer Institute in collaboration with The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The working group examined key dimensions of religiousness/spirituality as they relate to physical and mental health outcomes. The 12 papers in this report include brief literature reviews, recommended instruments, and bibliographies for each identified domain. Also included is the current draft of the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality: 1999, an instrument developed by the working group, which is substantially based on select questions from each domain.
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