Community Health Journal

Community Health Journal

The Relationship between the Hopefulness, Daily spiritual experiences and Quality of Life among the Single Students 2010-2011

Authors
J Khodadadi Sangdeh 1
M Haghani 2
M Taheri 3
M Rezaiee Ahvanuee 4
P Ranjgar 2
1 PhD student of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University Tehran, Iran.
2 MSc Student ,Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University Tehran ,Iran.
3 Phd student of Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University Tehran, Iran.
4 MSc Student ,Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Hope plays an important role in the psychological well-being and quality of life. There is a growing interest on the importance of religion and spirituality on health and disease. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between hopefulness, spiritual experiences and students' quality of life.

Material and Methods: The research design was descriptive- correlation and the research population included the students of kharazmi University of Tehran from which 350 student were selected through random cluster sampling method. World Health Organization quality of life scale, Snyder,s  hopefulness, and  Daily  spiritual  experiences were used for data collection.

Results: The predictive role of the hopefulness dimension for the quality of life variable was approved. The results of T-test for  the  difference between male and females in variables of quality of life, hopefulness and spiritual experience were-1.947, 0.453 and 3.836 respectively. The model which is presented could make clear 0.31 variance of variable of life quality (p< 0.1 & F = 75.57). According to the observed results, the predictive role of the life quality variable was approved.

Conclusion: Result of regression analysis states that hopefulness and daily spiritual experiences can predict the student’s life quality. Analyzing the data  showed  that  there  is  no  significant  differences between quality  of life of  male  and  female  students, but this difference  is  significant  in daily spiritual  experiences.
Keywords
Hopefulness
Daily spiritual experiences
Quality of Life
Student
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