The Relationship Between Spirituality Dimensions and Death Anxiety among Iranian Veterans: Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Approach

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship among spiritual intelligence, spiritual well-being and death anxiety among Iranian veterans. In this predictive correlational study, 211 veterans completed King and DeCicco’s Spiritual Intelligence Scale, Paloutzian and Ellison’s Spiri...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health
Authors: Saeed Pahlevan Sharif (Author) ; Goudarzian, Amir Hossein (Author) ; Lehto, Rebecca H. (Author) ; Moradbeigi, Maryam (Author) ; Navaz Naghavi (Author) ; Nazari, Roghieh (Author) ; Sharif Nia, Hamid (Author) ; Yaghoobzadeh, Ameneh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2021]
In: Journal of religion and health
Further subjects:B Spiritual Intelligence
B PLS
B Spiritual well-being
B Death Anxiety
B Veteran
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Summary:The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship among spiritual intelligence, spiritual well-being and death anxiety among Iranian veterans. In this predictive correlational study, 211 veterans completed King and DeCicco’s Spiritual Intelligence Scale, Paloutzian and Ellison’s Spiritual Well-being Scale and Templer’s Death Anxiety Scale-Extended. After confirming the reliability of the constructs using intra-class correlation coefficient, partial least squares structural equation modeling method was utilized to assess the impact of spiritual well-being and spiritual intelligence on death anxiety. This study found a significant positive relationship between spiritual intelligence and death anxiety after controlling for the effects of age, education level and disability. However, there was a significant negative relationship between spiritual well-being and death anxiety among Iranian veterans. Negative relationships were found between spiritual well-being and death anxiety among Iranian veterans. However, spiritual intelligence had a positive impact on death anxiety.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-019-00931-6