Islām va ̒ulūm-i ijtimā̒ī (Nov 1393)
An Investigation into the Relationship between the Spiritual Tendencies and the Quality of Life among the Students of Shahed University
Abstract
The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the spiritual tendencies and the quality of life among the students of Shahed University. In other words, the main question of the study is whether the spiritual tendencies increase or decrease, the quality of life is changed or not. This study is applied the survey methodology. The sample size is 359 students (147 boys and 212 girls) from Shahed University. They who were selected by random stratified sampling were analyzed with the help of questionnaires of spiritual tendencies and World Health Organization Quality Of Life (WHOQOL). The obtained results from Pearson correlation coefficient showed that with increasing the spiritual tendencies, the level of students' quality of life increases. In addition, with increasing the spiritual tendencies in dimensions of spiritual beliefs, sense of spirituality, spiritual self-actualization, and spiritual behaviors, the level of quality of life increases. Meanwhile, the results showed that with increasing the spiritual tendencies and their four dimensions, the level of quality of life increases in terms of mental, environmental, and social dimensions.
