The Relationship between Quranic Intimacy and Psychological Health

The right religious beliefs are effective on psychological health. Psychological health is very significant for faculty members. The aim in this research is to deal with the role played by for psychological health. With regard to importance of the Quran in Islam and Iranian culture، we decided to assess the effect of the Quran intimacy on mental health of faculty member in Sari Azad University.

In this descriptive cross sectional study، all scientific boards in Sari Azad University were recruited in this research. Three questionnaires including A. intimacy with the Quran، B. General health questionnaire (GHQ) were prepared and completed by the participants. Moreover، demographic characteristics such as sex، marital status، quality of employment and academic degree and course of study were recorded in a researcher designed questionnaire.

114 faculty members were engaged in this research. With respect to Quranic intimacy، 35% of participants were in upper bond، 16 % were in middle band and 39. 5% of them were in lower band respectively. About 20. 2% of them were suspected to mental disorders. There were positive correlation between intimacy with the Quran and attitude to the Quran. There were no significant relationship between intimacy and attitude to the Quran and mental health.

The conclusion reached by this research displays that the rate of intimacy with Quran is to some extent high.