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Health Locus of Control and its relation with Spiritual Health among students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
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Sahand Kamali   , Karim Asgari ghoncheh , Kazem Hosseinzadeh *1 |
| 1- , kazemhosseinzadeh@gmail.com |
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Introduction and Aim: Spiritual health is related to the dimensions of a locus of control. A person's belief in a higher power can prevent him from relying on the role of luck and the role of others in the fate of health. Such a person believes that only his inner belief can be the main determinant in his life. The present study was conducted to investigating the locus of control and determining its relationship with spiritual health in medical students.
Methods: In this cross-sectional analytical study, a 43-items questionnaire including 5 demographic questions, Ellison's 20-question spiritual health questionnaire and the 18-question Wellston’s locus of control questionnaire were used. All of data were first coded and then entered into SPSS 16 statistical software and analyzed using mean difference, t-test and ANOVA statistical methods.
Results: The mean and standard deviation of spiritual health and locus of control were 16.16±95.3 and 7.72±65.68, respectively. Pearson's correlation coefficient test showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between spiritual health and locus of control (r=0.632, p=0.00). The t-test did not show any significant difference in spiritual health and health control center based on the gender. The inner locus of control also had no significant difference based on the educational level. There was a significant difference only in the luck and other source of control based on the educational level variable.
Discussion: The present study showed that there is a significant relationship between the components of students' spiritual health and their locus of control believes. An increase in spiritual health was associated with an increase in the score in the dimension of internal locus of control. It is suggested to conduct more and similar studies in order to develop the locus of control believes. |
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| Keywords: Locus of Control, Spiritual Health, medical students |
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Editorial: Research |
Subject:
Quran and health
Received: 2024/05/6 | Accepted: 2024/05/28
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