The Effectiveness of Teaching the Characteristics of Islamic Life in Improving Students’ Resilience

Resilience is one of the objectives of educational systems and Islamic life Characteristics training is known as an important factor in mental health and compatibility of individuals in confrontation with problems in educational life. Accordingly, the present study investigates the effect oftraining Islamic life characteristics on resilience of students.

This was an experimental investigation includng pre-test, post-test, and control groups. Sample size included 60 participants from students of university of Sahandin 2018, who they were assigned into experimental (30) and control (30) groups using accidental clustering method. The training of life characteristics continued for 10 sessions in the experimental group but the control group did not receive any intervention. Data was analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance. In this study, all ethical considerations have been observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

The results of analysis of variance showed that the variable of resilience (P<0.001), and its components were significantly different in the experimental and control groups and teaching the characteristics of Islamic life had a statistically significant effect on improving resilience.

According to the results, it can be concluded that resilience is a personal trait that can be modified by applying Islamic life characteristics. Therefore, Islamic life skills training can be beneficial and effective in educational settings for students.