Psychological impact of religious and spiritual beliefs on life quality of two groups of university students
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Source
Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad
Issue
Vol. 53, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2011), pp.160-163, 4 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2011-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
4
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Abstract EN
Background ; this study is designed to assess the effect of religious and spiritual beliefs on quality of life among two groups of university students in Iraq and Jordan.
Objective : to examine the psychological impact of religious and spiritual beliefs on quality of life and to implement the Quality of Life- Spiritual Religious and Personal Beliefs(QOL-SRPB) questionnaire for the first time in both countries .
Method : A convenient sample of advanced medical students from Baghdad college of Medicine in Iraq and College of Medicine in University of Science and Technology in Jordan recruited during April 2008 to complete 200 forms of the Arabic modified version of QOL-SRPB simultaneously.
Results : Analysis of the findings revealed higher measures of importance regarding spirituality in the Jordanian group in comparison to the Iraqi group; however, comparable mean scores of all facets were reported in both groups.
Conclusion : Both studied groups showed comparable results due to the presence of shared belief system and cultural norms .despite the circumstantial hardship of the Iraqi group they showed reasonable satisfaction to their quality of life.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yunus, Maha Sulayman. 2011. Psychological impact of religious and spiritual beliefs on life quality of two groups of university students. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad،Vol. 53, no. 2, pp.160-163.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-335000
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yunus, Maha Sulayman. Psychological impact of religious and spiritual beliefs on life quality of two groups of university students. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad Vol. 53, no. 2 (2011), pp.160-163.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-335000
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yunus, Maha Sulayman. Psychological impact of religious and spiritual beliefs on life quality of two groups of university students. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad. 2011. Vol. 53, no. 2, pp.160-163.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-335000
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Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 163
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BIM-335000