ABSTRACT
Background and Purpose: Since mental disorders usually occur throughout lifetime, establishing and keeping the sense of spiritual well-being can play a vital role in stress management. The present study investigated the relationship between spiritual well-being and mental health in university students
Methods and Materials: In this correlational descriptive study, 400 students from Hamadan Islamic Azad University [177 male and 223 female] with an average age of 22.7 +/- 4.57 years were selected through relative categorical sampling method from various faculties. They completed the spiritual well-being scale [SWBS] and general health questionnaire [GHQ-28]. Utilized stepwise multiple regression and multivariable analysis of variance [MANOVA] were used in SPSS 16 to analyze the obtained data
Results: The findings showed that mean well-being scores and mental health were 89.18 +/- 17.14 and 52.48 +/- 15.76 respectively. Also, there was a significant correlation between spiritual wellbeing and mental health [r=- 0.55]. Also, 0.37 percent of mental health variance is explained via religious well-being. The results of the analysis of MANOVA showed that the female students' scores are higher than those of male ones [p<0.02, F=4.89] only in the subscale of religious well-being; while no significant difference was observed in other subscales
Conclusion: Based on the results, there is a relationship between spiritual well-being and mental health