The Role of Resilience and Forgiveness in Predicting the Psychological Well-Being of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Mehri Falahi Mishamandani ¹ , Bahman Akbari ² , Fatemeh Rabipour ³

1 - M.A. Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
2 - Prof, Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

Received: 2024-01-20 Accepted : 2024-07-20 Published : 2024-09-09

Keywords: Resilience, Forgiveness, Psychological Well-being, Multiple Sclerosis,

Abstract :

Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system and a chronic and debilitating disease that causes devastating psychological effects in sufferers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of resilience and forgiveness in predicting the psychological well-being of patients with multiple sclerosis. This research was descriptive research of the type of correlation and predictive equation. The statistical population of the present study included all multiple sclerosis patients who referred to the Rasht MS Association in 2021. From this population, 150 qualified volunteers were selected by available sampling method. The instruments used in this research were the psychological well-being questionnaire (Reif and Keys, 1995), resilience questionnaire (Connor and Davidson, 2003), forgiveness scale (Ray et al., 2001). To analyze the data, the Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis methods were performed in SPSS22 at a significance level of 0.05. The findings showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between resilience and psychological well-being (r = 0.367, p<0.001), and between forgiveness and psychological well-being (r = 0.315, p<0.001). Therefore, it can be concluded that by increasing resilience and forgiveness in multiple sclerosis patients, their psychological well-being can be improved.

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