The Effectiveness of Spiritual Therapy on Mental Security and Social Health of Students

Examining the mental security and social health of students and improving it leads to the improvement of their health, so the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of spiritual therapy on the mental security and social health of students.

The present research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population was all undergraduate students of Razi University of Kermanshah in the academic year of 2022-2023, 30 of whom were selected by available sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Data collection tools included Maslow's psychological security (1952) and Keyes' social health (1998) questionnaires. The experimental group received spiritual therapy training in 8 sessions of 60 minutes, but the control group was placed on the waiting list for training. To analyze the data, univariate analysis of covariance was used with the help of SPSS version 25 software.

The results showed that there is a significant difference between the post-test and follow-up scores of the experimental and control groups in psychological security and social health. This means that the scores of mental security and social health in students have improved after therapeutic intervention (P<0.01).

The results of the present study indicate that spiritual therapy has an effect on the mental security and social health of students, and this therapy can be used to improve the mental security and social health of students.