ADAPTATION OF THE SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES IN DEALING WITH ILLNESS (SpREUK-P SF17) QUESTIONNAIRE INTO LATVIAN LANGUAGE

Objectives. Given the relevance of research on spirituality and religion (RSU, 2023, Pargament et al., 2013, Vieten & Lukoff, 2022, Bitēna & Mārtinsone, 2021), the positive role of different spiritual practices in the context of human health (Malviya et al, 2022, Braam & Koenig, 2019) and the fact that nowadays the majority of the world population is religious or spiritual (Jackson Chris, 2023, PRRI, 2023), there is a need for psychological assessment scales and measurement tools for a concept of spirituality (e.g. spiritual practices), including in Latvia. This study aimed to adapt the Spiritual and Religious Attitudes in Dealing with Illness (SpREUK-P SF17, Büssing et al, 2012) into Latvian and examine its psychometric properties. Materials and methods. 416 Latvian residents (aged 19-87 (M = 41), 83% women, 17% men) participated in the study. Participants filled SpREUK-P SF17 and a sociodemographic questionnaire. SpREUK-P SF-17 questionnaire consists of 5 factors and 19 items – each rated using 4-point Likert scale from 0 to 4, with higher scores reflecting more often use of concrete spiritual or religious practice. Results. Factor analysis showed 5 factors consistent with the original. The internal consistency of the scales was higher (Cronbach’s alpha ranging from 0.80 to 0.89) than the original instrument (α = 0.72 to α = 0.82). Overall, in the questionnaire, all items reached the item-discrimination index range of 0.2 to 0.8, but the response indices of all items fall within the optimal range [0,6; 2,4] of variation of the response indices, except for item 5. Conclusions. The internal consistency of the SpREUK-P SF17 questionnaire into Latvian was good. The factor structure corresponds to the original, and the response indexes are within optimal limits. Further adaptation and adjustments of the questionnaire are needed.