Relationship Between Religious Spiritual Well-Being and Death Anxiety in Iranian Elders
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the relationship between religious spiritual well-being and death anxiety among Iranian elders. Subjects were 146 volunteer elders. They were selected by a convenient sampling. Instruments were Multidimensional Inventory of Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI RSWB 48) the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) factors. On the MI RSWB 48 and the ASDA, there were no significant association between religious spiritual well-being and death anxiety total scores. There were significant association between Hope Transcendent (HT), and Experiences of Sense and Meaning (SM) subscales of MI RSWB 48. Limitations of the present study were using of self-report scales, selectin of anold-age sample, a Muslim reliogion and an Iranian culture. Present results can be considered in the religious spiritual oriented interventions for reducing of death anxiety for elders in Muslim countries.
Authors and Affiliations
Mahboubeh Dadfar| PhD in clinical psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences & Mental Health-Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, International Campus, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Fazel Bahrami| PhD in philosophy and psychology, Department of Islamic theology, and Department of counseling, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Corresponding Email:bahrami.fazel@yahoo.com, Farshad Sheybani Noghabi| PhD student in clinical psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences & Mental Health-Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Malek Askari| Msc student in Master of Business Administration (MBA),University of Kharazmi, and RasoulAkram General Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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