Can we use a subscale by itself, i.e., is it meaningful or wise to obtain religious well-being (RWB) or existential well-being (EWB) scores alone?
Yes, it is possible to use the RWB or EWB on its own. The subject is instructed to fill out only the items appropriately numbered, and then only those are scored. It has been found useful in various research studies to obtain not only the overall SWB score, but also to break it down and report both the RWB and the EWB subscale scores and do statistical comparisons among those. This is useful, because sometimes the sense of religious well-being and the sense of existential well-being may behave differently.
