Ravanshenasi Wa Din, Volume 5, Issue 1, No 17, Year 2012, Pages 115-132

    The Relationship between ‘Gratitude to God, and ‘personality, Well –Being and Mental Health Factors’

    Article Type: 
    Research
    Writers:
    Naser Aghababaei / MA in General Psychology, Tehran University / naseragha@gmail.com
    Hojjatollah Farahani / Assistant Professor of Psychology department, Tehran University
    Mohammad Taghi Tabik / MA in General Psychology, Tehran University / mtabik@gmail.com
    115-132 2011/10/04 2012/03/15 2012/05/31
    Abstract: 
    Two research projects were conducted to investigate the relationship between gratitude to God with personality, well-being and mental health factors. In the first one, 189 university students completed the international personality item pool, Ryff’s psychological well-being scales, satisfaction with life scale, subjective happiness scale, and gratitude to God questionnaire. In the second one, 130 university students completed the abbreviated version of international personality item pool, anxiety and depression scale, and a questionnaire about gratitude to God. The findings of the first research show that ‘gratitude towards God’ has a positive correlation with all subcategories of psychological well-being, subjective happiness, and personality (except autonomy and extraversion). The results of the second research show that ‘gratitude towards God’ has a positive relationship with conscientiousness and emotional constancy but a negative one with depression and anxiety. These findings prove that gratitude to God has a positive role in well-being and mental health.
    Keywords: 
    gratitude
    gratitude to God
    psychological well-being
    subjective well-being
    mental health
    personality.
    چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
    Title :رابطه قدردانی از خدا با عامل‌های شخصیت، بهزیستی و سلامت روانی
    Abstract: 
    پژوهش با هدف بررسی رابطه قدردانی از خدا با عامل های شخصیت، بهزیستی و سلامت روانی انجام شده است. در پژوهش اول، 189 دانشجو به خزانه بین المللی گویه های شخصیت، مقیاس های بهزیستی روان شناختی ریف، مقیاس رضایت از زندگی، مقیاس شادی فاعلی، و پرسش نامه قدردانی از خدا پاسخ دادند. در پژوهش دوم، 130 دانشجو به نسخه کوتاه خزانه بین المللی گویه های شخصیت، مقیاس اضطراب و افسردگی، و پرسش نامه قدردانی از خدا پاسخ دادند. نتایج پژوهش اول، نشان می دهد که قدردانی از خدا با همه مؤلفه های بهزیستی روان شناختی، بهزیستی فاعلی، و شخصیت (به جز خودمختاری و برون گرایی) همبستگی مثبت دارد. نتایج پژوهش دوم نیز نشان می دهد که قدردانی از خدا با وظیفه شناسی و ثبات هیجانی رابطه مثبت و با افسردگی و اضطراب رابطه منفی دارد. این یافته ها نقش مثبت قدردانی از خدا را در بهزیستی و سلامت روانی روشن ساخته است.
    Keywords: 
    بهزیستی فاعلی
    قدردانی
    قدردانی از خدا
    بهزیستی روان‌شناختی
    سلامت روانی و شخصیت.
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