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Tabatabaee Zavare S A, Nasrolahi B. The Mediating Role of Resilience in the Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Anxiety Caused by Corona Crisis in Students and University Graduates: A Descriptive Study. JRUMS 2024; 23 (2) :119-133
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Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University
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Background and Objectives: Spiritual intelligence can help to increase people's resilience in confronting anxiety caused by viral diseases outbreak such as COVID-19. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the relationship between spiritual intelligence and anxiety caused by coronavirus as a traumatic global crisis with the mediation of resilience.
Materials and Methods: The present research is one of the descriptive studies with correlation method. The statistical population of this research was all university students and graduates living in Tehran during peak of outbreak and epidemic of Omicron strain of coronavirus in 2021, from which 442 people were selected by convenience sampling. The tools used in this research included King's Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire (2008), Connor and Davidson's Resilience Questionnaire (2003), Alipour et al.'s Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (2020). The data were analyzed by structural equations modeling.
Results: According to the results of the present research, the direct effect of spiritual intelligence on resilience (β=0.930, p<0.001), resilience on corona anxiety (β=-0.528, p=0.020) and also indirect effect of spiritual intelligence on corona anxiety were confirmed by the mediation of resilience variable (β=-0.491, p=0.021) at the significance level of 0.05.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that spiritual intelligence is one of the factors affecting resilience and coronavirus anxiety; therefore, it is recommended to use this concept in educational workshops and psychotherapy guidelines in order to increase people's resilience and deal with the anxiety caused by this virus and even other infectious diseases that may spread and cause anxiety in future, like COVID-19.
Keywords: Spiritual intelligence, Resilience, Anxiety, COVID-19, Students
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics committee of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch approved the study (IR.IAU.SRB.REC.1401.079).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare, Bita Nasrolahi
- Methodology: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare
- Data collection: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare
- Formal analysis: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare
- Suprevision: Bita Nasrolahi
- Project administration: Bita Nasrolahi
- Writing - original draft: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare
- Writnig - review & editing: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare, Bita Nasrolahi
Materials and Methods: The present research is one of the descriptive studies with correlation method. The statistical population of this research was all university students and graduates living in Tehran during peak of outbreak and epidemic of Omicron strain of coronavirus in 2021, from which 442 people were selected by convenience sampling. The tools used in this research included King's Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire (2008), Connor and Davidson's Resilience Questionnaire (2003), Alipour et al.'s Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (2020). The data were analyzed by structural equations modeling.
Results: According to the results of the present research, the direct effect of spiritual intelligence on resilience (β=0.930, p<0.001), resilience on corona anxiety (β=-0.528, p=0.020) and also indirect effect of spiritual intelligence on corona anxiety were confirmed by the mediation of resilience variable (β=-0.491, p=0.021) at the significance level of 0.05.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that spiritual intelligence is one of the factors affecting resilience and coronavirus anxiety; therefore, it is recommended to use this concept in educational workshops and psychotherapy guidelines in order to increase people's resilience and deal with the anxiety caused by this virus and even other infectious diseases that may spread and cause anxiety in future, like COVID-19.
Keywords: Spiritual intelligence, Resilience, Anxiety, COVID-19, Students
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics committee of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch approved the study (IR.IAU.SRB.REC.1401.079).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare, Bita Nasrolahi
- Methodology: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare
- Data collection: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare
- Formal analysis: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare
- Suprevision: Bita Nasrolahi
- Project administration: Bita Nasrolahi
- Writing - original draft: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare
- Writnig - review & editing: Seyed Amirhosein Tabatabaee Zavare, Bita Nasrolahi
Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2023/12/12 | Accepted: 2024/05/29 | Published: 2024/06/21
Received: 2023/12/12 | Accepted: 2024/05/29 | Published: 2024/06/21
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