The aim of this study was to psychometrically evaluate the shortened version of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) in Czech adolescents. A nationally representative sample of 4217 adolescents participated in the 2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey. The internal consistency of the SWBS was assessed using Cronbach's alpha (α) and Mean Inter-Item Correlation (MIIC) values. The factor structure was evaluated using principal component analyses. After adjustment, our new seven-item version of the scale supports a two-factorial model of the SWBS with satisfactory internal consistency (α = 0.814, MIIC = 0.379). This version of the SWBS is suitable for measuring spiritual well-being in a secularising environment.

Department of Community and Occupational Medicine University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands

Department of Health Psychology Medical Faculty Safarik University Kosice Slovak Republic

Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health Safarik University Kosice Slovak Republic

Institute of Active Living Faculty of Physical Culture Palacky University in Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic

Institute of Psychology The Czech Academy of Science Prague Czech Republic

Olomouc University Social Health Institute Palacky University in Olomouc Univerzitni 244 22 771 11 Olomouc Czech Republic

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