نشریه مطالعات اسلام و روان شناسی
پیاپی 6 (بهار و تابستان 1389)

The object of this research is to present a methodology of building an Islamic test and to verify its features and differences with other tests. The question was: Is the method of constructing a religious test (reference criterion) the same as that of the "reference norm"? In order to provide a concrete and clear answer to this question, I have examined and scrutinized the method as well as the stages of constructing and also the psychometric features of a reference criterion test (Islamic lifestyle test) so that the differences and similarities could be known.It became known in this research that the method of studying religious texts, extracting questions, screening them and the method of obtaining content validity are some of the differences between the two kinds of tests. However, cases like form validity, precision in implementation, reliability test of the entire test and reliability each of the constituents, factors analysis, statistical inferences from the data are some of the similarities between the two tests.

This study aims to introduce and examine the religious group therapy method and compare it with the cognitive – behavioral therapy. The central question is: Does group therapy by way of a religious and cognitive-behavioral method lead to an increase in self-esteem and improvement of marital attitudes of prisoners? Tool: Coppersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) Form and Marital Attitudes Questionnaire The method used in this questionnaire is a pre- and post-test design. The statistical society includes the male prisoners of the city of Qom in the year 2008. Seventy two samples were accessible of which 42 were at the highest degree of self-esteem, and the samples having the lowest degree of marital attitudes were separated into three groups each consisting of 14 individuals (two test groups and one as evidence group). The test groups unlike the evidence group received religious and cognitive-behavioral therapy for 12 sessions in two months. After the tests were conducted, the data was analyzed through one way variance analysis for the independent groups. The results showed a meaningful effect of group religious and cognitive –behavioral therapy on self-esteem and improvement of marital attitudes of the prisoners: (P<0.05).

Introduction and The effect of religiosity on psychological well-being has been under discussion for many years. Yet only in the second half of the previous century, this subject was put to experimental test. This study aims at studying the relationship between religiosity and one of the aspects of psychological well-being i.e. psychological hardness. Research For this purpose, as many as 200 students (89 men and 111 women) from the students of Khoy Islamic Azad University were selected through cluster sampling. The research tool included Kobasa hardness questionnaire and Gulzari's MABAD scale for measuring religiosity. Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used for analysis of the data. The results showed that there is a significant positive correlation between religiosity and hardness and that religiosity is a good means for predicting hardness. This research has discovered the relationship between religiosity and hardness and it emphasizes on the point that religiosity may have benefits for psychological well-being.

The main purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric features of the gratitude questionnaire. Having become certain of the validity of translation, 335 respondents were selected by way of accessible sampling. Of these respondents, 240 were university students and 95 religious students (163 women and 172 men). The participants replied to four measurement standards i.e. "gratitude questionnaire", "spirituality self-evaluation standard", "nominative happiness standard" and "standard for satisfaction from life". For analysis of the data from the statistical indicators and methods including profuseness, average, standard deviation, Pearson's correlation test, regression and analysis of discovery factor were used. The analysis of discovery factor with an intentional rotation revealed that the gratitude questionnaire is saturated from a single factor. The index of the reliability of the standard was received at 0.81. The direction and degree of gratitude with the said standards was in line with the previous researches and a confirmation of the validity of their correlation. A comparison between the gratitude marks of the groups showed that the marks of the religious students were meaningfully higher than those of the university students. Given the findings of this research, it can be said the gratitude questionnaire (GQ-6) can be implemented for gratitude evaluation in Iran.

This study aims to determine the effect of religious cognitive behavioral education on the guilt-feeling of Esfahan's infertile couples. The research method is semi-experimental and it was conducted on test and control groups with a pre-and post test design. The size of the sample was equal to 10 interfile couples in the test group and 10 infertile couples in the control group selected through simple random sampling. The measuring tool of the questionnaire was the existing 'guilt-feeling'. The results of the covariance analysis test at a=0/05 level showed a meaningful difference between the average post test marks of the feeling of guilt of infertile women of the test group and the control group in regard to the effect of religious, cognitive behavioral group education. Similarly, this difference was also meaningful in terms of gender.

This study aims to examine some of the social constituents of mental health in Nahjul Balaghah and it seeks to answer the question as to whether, on the basis of the teachings of Nahjul Balaghah, the social causes such as economic labor and activity, social relations, receiving support from others and government have an impact on mental health. For this reason, doctrines and concepts related to the said subject have been discussed and analyzed through an inferential method and a theoretical analysis. The findings show that according to Imam Ali (a.s.), mental health is greatly influenced by social factors such as economic labor and activity, social relations, solidarity and national unity, especially state and government and the way the authorities behave with the people.

A faithful individual does not consider life to be futile and aimless; he moves ahead towards his goals with motive. There are numerous instructions concerning hope and despair in the Quran and traditions. This article aims to study, according to the Islamic texts, the effects of hope on man's mental health. The research has been done in a descriptive way and the factors which result in hope and boost it in life have been studied in religious texts. The findings of the research showed that factors like peace of mind, positive thinking, increasing compatibility with the environment, decrease of fear and agitation and promotion of the capacity of encountering the events and a few other basic beliefs which give rise to hope are by themselves influenced by belief in God and religious self-belief.