ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Original Research

Authors

Shahbazirad   A. (1*)
Ghazanfari   F. (1)
Abbasi   M. (2)
Mohammadi   F. (2)






(1*) Department of Psychology, School of Literature and Humanities’Sciences, Lorestan University, Khoram Abad, Iran
(2) Faculty of Social Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

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Article History

Received:   July  10, 2015
Accepted:   September 22, 2015
ePublished:   September 28, 2015

ABSTRACT

Aims Nowadays, quality of life is one of the main phenomena in health, which is affected by differ-ent factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of psychological hardiness and spiritual health in predicting the quality of life among students.
Materials & Methods This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 120 students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran, during 2013-2014. Participants were selected by cluster sampling method. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, Ahvaz psychological hardi-ness questionnaire, spiritual health questionnaire of Paloutzian & Park and Quality of life ques-tionnaire. Data were analyzed in SPSS 19 using Pearson’s correlation test and stepwise regres-sion analysis.
Findings There was a significant positive correlation between psychological hardiness and quality of life (P < 0.05). There was a significant positive correlation between spiritual health and quality of life (P < 0.05). However, there was no significant relationship between quality of life and spir-itual health in the existential dimension; while, there was a significant relationship with reli-gious dimension (P < 0.05). Psychological hardiness and spiritual health can predict 11.3 % of the variance in quality of life.
Conclusion Considering the relationship between the variables, it is better to provide training packages about the increase of spiritual health and psychological hardiness, in order to enhance the qual-ity of life of university students.

Keywords: Quality of Life, Spirituality, Students,

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