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        1 - Preparinga list for analyzing adults’ spiritual health based on Islamic-Iranian culture
        zahra abaspor azar sadegh taghi lou
        The spirituality and religious researchers have been focused on creating a measurement tool in recent years. However, this trend has been forsaken in spiritual health field so far. In order to introduce an efficient measurement tool, this research proposes a new spiritu More
        The spirituality and religious researchers have been focused on creating a measurement tool in recent years. However, this trend has been forsaken in spiritual health field so far. In order to introduce an efficient measurement tool, this research proposes a new spiritual health inventory. This is a practical research in the form of the questionnaire. The population pool included high school students of Karaj city. A number of 628 students were selected using multi level selection methods and were tasked to fill out the spiritual health and NEO-FFI questionnaires. A structure with eight components were developed using the principal component analysis (PCA). Finally based on scary test, six components were selected with varimax rotation. These components were as follows: religious  belief,  heart peace, spiritual aesthetics, self-acceptance,holy feeling, believe in miracle. These results also demonstrated that scores of extracted components are valid and reliable. Finally, the the correlation coefficients between spiritual health inventory components and NEOPI Factors were as expected. Conclusively, the results of this research indicates that spiritual health inventory test demonstrates reliable properties to be used as a spiritual health test in teenagers. Manuscript profile
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        2 - The Role of Mother's Adherence to Religious Teachings on Children's Spiritual Health with Looking at Iranian Culture
        Fatemeh  Askari Parviz Asgari Amir Reza Asgari
        The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mother's adherence to religious teachings on children's spiritual health with looking at Iranian culture. The research universe included all texts of religious teachings. The research sample enfolded mother's reli More
        The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mother's adherence to religious teachings on children's spiritual health with looking at Iranian culture. The research universe included all texts of religious teachings. The research sample enfolded mother's religious teachings about children's spiritual health. The design of the research was descriptive-analytical. The library method was used to collect data, texts and references related to the subject. The data then were analyzed. The findings of the research showed that mothers should adhere to religious teachings for religious upbringing and spiritual health of their children. In Iranian culture, family is the main foundation and pillar of society and is considered a very valuable unit for Iranian society. In families with religious attitudes, children's attitudes are formed based on religious beliefs, and these beliefs lead to the formation of religious personality in children and finally concluded to positive behaviors on their part. Adherence of the mother to the religious teachings, including the customs of breastfeeding the baby, praying, fasting, accompanying the child in the mourning rituals of the family, encouraging the mother, morality and piety, helping to find a friend, prayer and trust, modesty, self-improvement and harmony. These religious teachings directly and indirectly from childhood affect the spiritual health of individuals and cause the formation of their spiritual personality. Manuscript profile