Prediction of adolescent happiness based on spiritual lifestyle with the mediation of mental health

Hamideh Beyk; Hengameh Dehaghan; Shohreh Farahmand; Elham Bahador

doi:10.61838/kman.jayps.4.5.9

Authors

Hamideh Beyk M.A, General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University Shiraz, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3793-9225
Hengameh Dehaghan M.A, General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Zarin Shahr Branch, Payam Noor University, Zarin Shahr, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9535-2380
Shohreh Farahmand M.A, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5638-5075
Elham Bahador M.A, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Najaf Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6921-2365

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.jayps.4.5.9

Keywords:

Spirituality, mental health, spiritual lifestyle, happiness, adolescent.

Abstract

Background and Aim: Happiness is one of the constructs proposed in positive psychology, which is related to many concepts in psychology. The aim of the present study was to predict the happiness of teenagers based on spiritual lifestyle with the mediation of mental health. Methods:The research design was a correlational type in which happiness was the dependent variable, spirituality was the independent variable, and mental health was the mediating variable. The statistical population of students were studying in high schools in Tehran, and 300 people were selected by cluster sampling. The tools included Hall and Edwards' spirituality questionnaire (1996), Schneider's life expectancy questionnaire (2002) and revised Oxford happiness scale (2001). The data were analyzed by path analysis. Results: The results show that spirituality and mental health are predictors of happiness and mental health has a relative mediating role in predicting happiness. Mental health is also predicted by spirituality. Conclusion: In the end, it was concluded that strategic hope completely mediates between the level of satisfaction and lack of negative feelings with spiritual lifestyle, and functional hope mediates partially between perception management and despair.