Role of religion and spirituality in medical patients: Confirmatory results with the SpREUK questionnaire

Table 4 Pearson correlation between SpREUK sub-scales and SpR practice¹

	Search Meaning	Message Disease	Trust Guidance	Support External	Support Internal
SpREUK-P engagement scores
conventional religious practice	.577 **	.424 **	.642 **	.691 **	.624**
nature-oriented practice	.247 **	.246 **	.266 *	.358 **	.334 **
existentialistic practice	.437 **	.530 **	.411 **	.479 **	.439 **
unconventional spiritual practice	.498 **	.459 **	.223 *	.506 **	.431 **
humanistic practice	.362 **	.306 **	.241 **	.381 **	.327 **
Selected SpREUK-P items
praying	.432 **	.348 **	.670 **	.528 **	.516 **
church attendance	.290 **	.145	.473 **	.425 **	.324 **
meditation	.452 **	.378 **	.137	.421 **	.374 **
make an effort for others	.160	.167	-.077	.065	-.006

¹engagement in SpR practice was measured with an additional manual of the SpREUK questionnaire, the SpREUK-P manual (Büssing et al., 2005).
Bivariate correlations are statistically significant with ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05 (2-tailed significance)

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