The Effect of Namaz on Students' Mental Health Mediated By Spiritual Intelligence

From a positive psychology perspective, mental health includes an individual's ability to enjoy life, balance activities, and strive for psychological resilience. In Islamic psychology, mental health is achieved through the belief in a superior force that supports human beings in life. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Namaz on students' mental health mediated by spiritual intelligence.

The research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in nature. The statistical population of the study was the students of Islamic Azad University and Morgan table was used to determine the sample size. Data collection tool was a questionnaire and data analysis was performed using Lisrel software.

The results showed that prayer has a positive and significant effect on mental health (0.79) and spiritual intelligence mediates the relationship between Namaz and mental health to a small extent (0.02).

Based on the findings, Namaz has a significant effect on improving the mental health of students and this is not much affected by their level of spiritual intelligence. In fact, Namaz improves the mental health of students with any degree of spiritual intelligence. Accordingly, considering the effective role of the university in educating students, emphasizing the positive effects of Namaz can lead to fundamental changes in improving the mental health of human capital.