Measuring Spiritual Needs in a Secular Society: Validation and Clinimetric Properties of the Danish 20-Item Spiritual Needs Questionnaire

Tobias Kvist Stripp; Arndt Büssing; Sonja Wehberg; Helene Støttrup Andersen; Alex Kappel Kørup; Heidi Frølund Pedersen; Jens Søndergaard; Niels Christian Hvidt

doi:10.1007/s10943-022-01533-5

Measuring Spiritual Needs in a Secular Society: Validation and Clinimetric Properties of the Danish 20-Item Spiritual Needs Questionnaire

Tobias Kvist Stripp^*, Arndt Büssing, Sonja Wehberg, Helene Støttrup Andersen, Alex Kappel Kørup, Heidi Frølund Pedersen, Jens Søndergaard, Niels Christian Hvidt

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Abstract

In secular cultures, such as Denmark, tools to measure spiritual needs are warranted to guide existential and spiritual care. We examined the clinimetric properties of the Danish version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (DA-SpNQ-20) based on a digital survey in a test–retest setup. A convenience sample was reached via social media and student platforms. A total of 325 (148 for retest) respondents were included in the analysis. The sample was randomly split into two groups (A and B) and used for exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) by structural equation modeling, respectively. SpNQ dimensions had an internal consistency with Cronbach’s alpha between 0.73 and 0.93. The four factors of the SpNQ were supported by both EFA and CFA as follows: religious needs, existential needs, inner peace needs, and generativity needs. The instrument showed good internal consistency, good test–retest reliability, and acceptable structural validity in the sample of relatively young and healthy persons.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Religion and Health
Volume	61
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	3542-3565
ISSN	0022-4197
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01533-5
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022

Keywords

Clinimetrics
Secular society
Spiritual needs
Test–retest
Validation
Spirituality
Reproducibility of Results
Humans
Denmark
Psychometrics
Surveys and Questionnaires
Factor Analysis, Statistical

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Spiritual needs in Denmark: A population-based survey linked to Danish nationwide registers
Stripp, T. A., 9. Feb 2024, Syddansk Universitet. Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet. 226 p.
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Survivors of cardiac arrest: Psychosocial, existential and spiritual needs and near-death experiences
Stripp, T. A. (PhD student) & Hvidt, N. C. (Supervisor)
01/05/2020 → 10/09/2023
Project: PhD Project
EXIstenial Health COhort DEnmark - EXICODE: existential and spiritual aspects of Danes and associations to health outcomes in a nationwide survey linked to national registers.
Stripp, T. A. (Project participant)
01/05/2020 → …
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