Study the role of spiritual health and resilience in pandemic COVID- 19 on psychological vulnerability

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Birjand Branch, Birjand, Iran.

2 Ph.D. student, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Birjand Branch, Birjand, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: The advent of COVID-19 has led to fear and anxiety among people around the world. This study aimed to study the spiritual health and resilience role in staff's psychological vulnerability in two corona peaks in Iran.
 
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study is a causal-comparative. According to Morgan's table, the statistical population includes all staff of the Islamic Azad University of Birjand, and the sample size is 123 people. Samples were selected randomly. Connor and Davidson Resilience, Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), Pulotzin and Ellison Spiritual Health Questionnaires were fulfilled in the first peak (March to the end of April 2020) and the third peak (October 2020). Mean data, standard deviation, and t-test were used in data analysis with SPSS software          version 21.
 
Results: The results showed a significant difference in the degree of psychological vulnerability of individuals in the two corona peaks (P< 0.001). In addition, there is a considerable difference between individuals' psychological vulnerability levels and spiritual health in the two corona peaks (P< 0.001).
 
Conclusion: Enhancing resilience and spiritual health can decrease psychological vulnerability. Also, the results of this study can be used to determine the amount of psychological damage caused by the corona disease and to plan the necessary psychological interventions for the target group.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 24, Issue 5
September and October 2022
Pages 349-354

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