Research code: IR.IAU.AMOL.REC.1401.006
Ethics code: IR.IAU.AMOL.REC.1401.006
Clinical trials code: IR.IAU.AMOL.REC.1401.006
Professor, Psychosomatic Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran , hosseini@yahoo.com
Abstract: (223 Views)
Background and purpose: The Corona pandemic was one of the deadliest human health pandemics in the history of mankind, which threatened the physical and mental health of societies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between religious orientation and pathological grief in the families of Corona patients in Sari city. Method: The research method in this study was cross-sectional and descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this research included all first-degree families and spouses of the deceased due to Covid-19 in Sari city in 1400-1401, from which 270 people were selected as a sample in a non-random and available method. To analyze the data, SPSS-26 software was used using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression test. Results: The results of this study showed that religious orientation has a significant relationship with pathological bereavement, so that external religious orientation has a significant positive correlation with pathological bereavement (B=0.296, P<0.001) and internal religious orientation has a correlation with pathological bereavement. has a significant negative (B=-0.448, P>0.001). The results also showed that about 42% of the variance of pathological grief can be predicted based on religious orientation. Conclusion: It can be said that people with an external religious orientation have a higher probability and people with an internal religious orientation have a lower probability of experiencing pathological grief. Therefore, mental health professionals can use religious beliefs to help people with pathological grief.
Type of Study:
Research |
Subject:
Clinical Psychiatry