Structural equation modeling of the relationship between spiritual intelligence and corona anxiety with the mediation of depression

The present study was conducted to identify the relationship between spiritual intelligence and anxiety caused by Corona as a traumatic global crisis with the mediation of depression.

Methods and Materials: 

The current research is a descriptive study using the correlation method, which was carried out with structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research is all university students or graduates living in Tehran, from this statistical population, by calculating the sample size of 420 people using the formula to determine the sample size based on Cohen's effect size and including 20 dropouts, a total of 440 people were sampled by available sampling method. The data collection tools used in this research were King's Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire (2009), DASS-21 (1998), Corona Anxiety Questionnaire by Alipour et al. (2020).

The findings of the present study showed that spiritual intelligence has a direct effect on depression and also an indirect effect on corona anxiety with the mediation of the depression variable.

According to the findings of the current research, it can be concluded that spiritual intelligence is one of the factors affecting depression and Corona anxiety. Therefore, spiritual intelligence can be used to prevent and deal with the mentioned disorders.