Effectiveness of Quran's Verses in the Mental Health of Anxious and Depressed Women. Authors: (Ahadi, Hasan / ShomaliOskoei / Arezoo Abdolmanafi, Atefeh)
Subject Areas : Psychology of wellbeing
Keywords: Quran's Verses, Mental Health, Anxiety, Depression,
Abstract :
Abstarct The research purpose is to investigate the effectiveness of Quran's verses in the mental health of anxious and depressed women., therefore, 60 women were randomly selected and assigned to control and experimental groups. They were then asked to fill out the General Health sQuestionnaire (GHQ), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The research data were assessed using statistical methods like mean, standard deviation , t test and analyses (ANOVA). Results indicated that the general health had significantly increased in the experimental group, compared to the control group and the psychopathological symptoms had decreased due to the use of Quran's verses. Moreover, it had decreased the anxiety symptoms., whereas, it had no significant effect on depression symptoms.