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The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence, Spiritual Well-Being and Death Anxiety among Iranian’s Veterans
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| Hamid Sharif Nia, Mohammad Ali Soleimani *, Abbas Ebadi, Behzad Taghipour, Leili Zera’tgar, Samaneh Shahidifar |
| Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran , soleimany.msn@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (5949 Views) |
Background and Aim: Several factors can affect an individual’s level of death anxiety, but very few studies have investigated the role of spiritual intelligence and spiritual well-being. There is also limited research investigating death anxiety in the veterans of wars. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between spiritual intelligence, spiritual well-being and death anxiety in Iranian veterans.
Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional study (in 2014), veterans completed the King’s spiritual intelligence scale, Paloutzian and Ellison's spiritual well-being scale and Templar’s death anxiety scale-extended. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression and two way analysis of variance by SPSS-16.
Results: The findings showed that the average age of 211 veterans was 48.9 ± 4.6 years. The results revealed no significant difference between the demographic variables and the level of death anxiety reported by veterans (p> 0.05). However, spiritual intelligence and spiritual well-being had a significant and negative relationship with death anxiety. The higher the reported spiritual intelligence and spiritual well-being, the lower the death anxiety (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: The findings from this study show that spiritual intelligence and spiritual health can reduce the level of death anxiety among veterans. Given that death anxiety is a common nursing diagnosis, the use of spirituality should be considered within a clinical context to harness the psychological health and coping strategies of veterans. |
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| Keywords: Spiritual intelligence, Spiritual Well-being, Death anxiety, Veteran |
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Type of Study: Orginal Research |
Subject:
military medcine
Received: 2015/09/7 | Accepted: 2017/07/23 | Published: 2017/11/6
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