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Religions 2011, 2, 77-94; doi:10.3390/rel2010077 OPEN ACCESS religions ISSN 2077-1444 /journal/religions Article Spiritual Well-Being as a Component of Health-Related Quality of Life: The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy—Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp) Jason M. Bredle 1,*, John M. Salsman 2, Scott M. Debb 1, Benjamin J. Arnold 1 and David Cella 2 1 FACIT / 381 S. Cottage Hill Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126, USA; E-Mails: sdebb@ (S.M.D.); barnold@ (B.J.A.) 2 Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 729, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; E-Mails: j-salsman@ (J.M.S.); d-cella@ (D.C.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: jbredle@; Tel.: +1-773-807-9094; Fax: +1-509-461-7017. Received: 22 November 2010; in revised form: 25 February 2011 / Accepted: 9 March 2011 / Published: 15 March 2011 Abstract: The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp-12) is a 12-item questionnaire that measures spiritual well-being in people with cancer and other chronic illnesses. Cancer patients, psychotherapists, and religious/spiritual experts provided input on the development of the items. It was validated with a large, ethnically diverse sample. It has been successfully used to assess spiritual well-being across a wide range of religious traditions,