Lotfollah Karimi; Nematollah Shomoossi; Iraj Safee Rad; Mohsen Ahmadi Tahor
Volume 17, Issue 4 , January and February 2011, , Pages 274-280
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Since mental disorders usually occur throughout lifetime, establishing and keeping the sense of spiritual well-being can play a vital role in stress management. The present study investigated the relationship between spiritual well-being and mental health in university students. ...
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Background and Purpose: Since mental disorders usually occur throughout lifetime, establishing and keeping the sense of spiritual well-being can play a vital role in stress management. The present study investigated the relationship between spiritual well-being and mental health in university students. Methods and Materials: In this correlational descriptive study, 400 students from Hamadan Islamic Azad University (177 male and 223 female) with an average age of 22.7±4.57 years were selected through relative categorical sampling method from various faculties. They completed the spiritual well-being scale (SWBS) and general health questionnaire (GHQ-28). Utilized stepwise multiple regression and multivariable analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used in SPSS 16 to analyze the obtained data. Results: The findings showed that mean well-being scores and mental health were 89.18±17.14 and 52.48±15.76 respectively. Also, there was a significant correlation between spiritual well-being and mental health (r=- 0.55). Also, 0.37 percent of mental health variance is explained via religious well-being. The results of the analysis of MANOVA showed that the female students’ scores are higher than those of male ones (p