Explanation of Spiritual and Psychological Health Based on the Religious Attitude in Youth Athletes
Subject Areas : Islamic theology
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Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to explain the spiritual and psychological health based on the religious attitude in youth athletes. The research method was descriptive and correlational. The population included all youth athletes aged 18 to 25 years in city of Gorgan and the sample size was determined a total of 384 individuals using Cochran's formula. The participants completed the religious attitude questionnaire, the scale of spiritual health and a list of 25 signs. The resulting data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and hierarchical analysis regression at the confidence level of 95 percent. The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between the religious attitude and mental health and spiritual health. Thus, the higher religious attitude has a significant role in the mental health, and the mental and spiritual health play a mediating role in the relationship between the religious attitude and psychological symptoms; thus, the religious attitude does not in itself guarantee the reduction of psychological symptoms, but also the religious attitude results in creating the spiritual health and it is effective through mental health. Generally, it can be said that the religious attitude plays a role in the public health and due to the soft war in Western countries, it is suggested that relevant institutions have more specific attention on strengthening the religious vigor our country youth.