In the above list of statements...

In the above list of statements, items 5, 9, and are summed; the scores for items, 3, 7, and 19 are reversed (that is, change the 1 to a 6, the 2 to a 5, the 3 to a 4, and so on). These two subtotals are combined to get an overall religious well-being score. To obtain an existential well-being score, the responses to items 2, 6, and 18 are summed; the scores for items 8 and 10 are reversed and then summed. Combine these two subtotals to obtain the overall existential well-being score.

One’s overall score on each of these two sub-scales can range from 10 to 60. On each of the sub-scales for the full test, a score of 40 or higher reflects well-being (religious or existential). Previous…