Ravanshenasi Wa Din, Volume 2, Issue 3, No 7, Year 2025 , Pages 29-68

    An Investigation of the Relationship between Innate Optimism and Optimism from Islamic Viewpoint and Satisfaction with Life

    Article Type: 
    Promotional
    Writers:
    Najibollah Noori / MA Student of Psychology in Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute / noori1351@gmail.com
    Mohammad naser Saghaye biriya / Assistant Professor in Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute. / biria1390@gmail.com
    Pages: 29-68 Receive Date: 2025/04/02 Accept Date: 2025/04/02
    Abstract: 
    The present study aims at investigating the relationship between innate optimism and optimism from Islamic viewpoint and satisfaction with life. The hypotheses of this study are as follows: "there is a meaningful relationship between the above mentioned variables" and "Islamic optimism can predict satisfaction with life more strongly". To test these hypotheses, 269 subjects (122 scholars, 55 employees, and 92 students) were randomly selected through simple and cluster sampling. The subjects answered the questionnaires of satisfaction with life (SWS), life orientation test (LOT), and the researcher-made questionnaire on Islamic optimism. The data were analyzed using the SPSS software. The findings show that there is a meaningful and positive relationship between innate optimism and Islamic optimism on the one hand and satisfaction on the other hand. There is no meaningful difference between men and women as to the satisfaction and both types of optimism. As to both types of optimism, however, the younger subjects (15-25 years old) were meaningfully less optimist.
    Keywords: 
    innate optimism
    satisfaction with life
    optimism in Islamic sources
    paying attention to positive aspects of life
    active welfare
    چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
    Title :بررسی رابطه‌ی بین خوش‌بینی سرشتی و خوش‌بینی از دیدگاه اسلام با رضایت‌مندی از زندگی
    Abstract: 
    هدف این پژوهش بررسی رابطه بین خوش بینی سرشتی و خوش بینی از دیدگاه اسلام با رضایت مندی از زندگی است. فرضیه های پژوهش حاضر این است که بین متغیرهای مزبور رابطه‌ی معنادار وجود دارد و خوش بینی اسلامی در حد قوی تری می تواند رضایت از زندگی را پیش بینی کند. به منظور آزمون این فرضیه ها، تعداد 269 نفر (122 نفر دانش پژوه)، (کارمند 55 نفر) و (دانشجو 92 نفر) به صورت تصادفی خوشه ای و ساده در پژوهش مشارکت داده شدند. شرکت کنندگان آزمون رضایت از زندگی (SWS)، آزمون جهت گیری زندگی (LOT) و پرسش نامه‌ی محقق ساخته‌ی خوش بینی اسلامی را پاسخ دادند. داده ها با نرم افزار SPSS تحلیل شدند. یافته ها نشان می دهند که، بین خوش بینی سرشتی، خوش بینی از دیدگاه اسلام و رضایت مندی، رابطه‌ی مثبت و معنادار وجود دارد. بین زنان و مردان از نظر رضایت مندی و هر دو نوع خوش بینی تفاوت معنادار وجود ندارد. بین گروه های سنی مختلف از نظر رضایت مندی تفاوت معنادار وجود ندارد. اما از نظر هر دو نوع خوش بینی، افراد جوان تر (15ـ25 سال) به طور معناداری از خوش بینی کمتری برخوردارند.
    Keywords: 
    رضایت از زندگی
    خوش‌بینی سرشتی
    خوش‌بینی در منابع اسلامی
    توجه به جنبه‌های مثبت زندگی
    بهزیستی فاعلی.
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