Gender Spiritua Spiritua Spiritua Spiritua Spiritua lity 1 Spiritua lity2 Lonelin lity3 Lonelin lity4 Lonelin lity5 Lonelin lity6 1.00 ess1 Lonelin Lonelin ess3 LonelinessTOTAL 6.00 ess2 SpiritualityTOTAL 4.00 6.00 ess4 4.00 ess5 6.00 ess6 4.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 7.00 2.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 1.00 11.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 8.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 7.00 6.00 5.17 1.00 3.00 9.00 2.00 1.00 7.00 1.00 9.00 3.00 9.00 3.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 7.00 3.00 12.00 2.00 3.00 7.00 1.00 9.00 4.00 8.00 1.00 8.00 2.00 9.00 7.00 7.83 2.00 2.00 14.00 2.00 1.00 8.00 2.00 10.00 2.00 10.00 2.00 10.00 2.00 8.00 9.00 2.00 1.00 11.00 1.00 2.00 7.00 1.00 9.00 1.00 8.00 2.00 7.00 9.00 8.17 9.00 3.00 2.00 9.00 1.00 3.00 5.00 3.00 9.00 3.00 10.00 3.00 8.00 10.00 9.00 8.17 1.00 2.00 17.00 2.00 1.00 9.00 9.00 2.00 8.00 1.00 1.00 9.00 7.00 9.00 8.50 3.00 3.00 8.00 2.00 1.00 8.00 9.00 1.00 2.00 9.00 8.00 3.00 9.00 8.50 10.00 1.00 2.00 13.00 1.00 8.00 1.00 2.00 9.00 10.00 1.00 1.00 10.00 8.00 8.83 9.00 3.00 8.00 2.00 4.00 9.00 3.00 10.00 3.00 8.00 3.00 10.00 3.00 10.00 8.00 9.00 1.00 1.00 19.00 1.00 3.00 10.00 3.00 9.00 3.00 10.00 2.00 9.00 10.00 9.17 8.00 1.00 13.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 8.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 9.33 2.00 2.00 6.00 2.00 2.00 9.00 1.00 10.00 3.00 10.00 3.00 10.00 10.00 9.67 10.00 1.00 13.00 2.00 1.00 9.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 9.83 3.00 2.00 6.00 2.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 9.83 10.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 9.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 1.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 1.00 1.00 6.00 1.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 1.00 6.00 2.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 2.00 1.00 6.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 10.00 9.00TABLE 1. Intrinsic Spirituality Scale For the following six questions, spirituality is defined as one's relationship to God, or whatever you perceive to be Ultimate Transcendence. The questions use a sentence completion format to measure various attributes associated with spirituality. An incomplete sentence fragment is provided, followed directly below by two phrases that are linked to a scale ranging from 0 to 10. The phrases, which complete the sen- tence fragment, anchor each end of the scale. The 0 to 10 range provides you with a contin- uum on which to reply, with 0 corresponding to absence or zero amount of the attribute, while 10 corresponds to the maximum amount of the attribute. In other words, the end points repre- sent extreme values, while five corresponds to a medium, or moderate, amount of the attrib ute. Please circle the number along the continuum that best reflects your initial feeling. 1. In terms of the questions I have about life, my spirituality answers no absolutely all questions my questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2. Growing spiritually is more important than of no anything else importance In my life to me 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3. When I am faced with an important decision, my spirituality plays is always absolutely the overriding no role consideration Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 4. Spirituality is the master motive of my life, directing every other not part aspect of my life of my life 10 9 B 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 5. When I think of the things that help me to grow and mature as a person, my spirituality has no effect is absolutely the most on my personal important factor in growth my personal growth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6. My spiritual beliefs affect absolutely every no aspect aspect of my life of my life 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 16-item Revised UCLA loneliness Scale (RULS-6) Instructions: The following statements describe how people sometimes feel. For each statement, please indicate how often you feel the way described by writing a number in the space pro- vided. Here is an example: How often do you feel happy? If you never felt happy, you would respond "never"; if you always feel happy, you would re- spond "always". NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS 2 3 4 1. How often do you feel that you lack companionship? 2. How often do you feel alone? 3. How often do you feel that you are no longer close to anyone? 4. How often do you feel left out? 5. How often do you feel that no one really knows you well? 6. How often do you feel that people are around you but not with you