Providing an Educational Model of Spiritual Training based on the Sound Heart Model

Spiritual training requires model-oriented education, the attention of parents, teachers, and religious missionaries to the stages of cognitive-emotional-social development, need for security, love, and respect. This study was carried out to provide an educational model of spiritual training based on the Sound Heart Model.

In the combined study, based on the Creswell et al. model (2003) with a discovery-explanatory approach, Qualitative data of unsystematic review and contractual content analysis of scientific evidence related to faith development, religious identity, religious education and conceptual framework of the Sound Heart model with Quantitative data from the clinical applications of the model were integrated. The validity of meta-inferences was measured: - in the quantitative data section through internal-external validity, - in the qualitative data section with "reliability" or "capability index".

Family-centered spiritual training requires an educational model based on society-oriented theory. Spiritual counselors in health care centers are obliged to deepen spirituality in society. They should act as spiritual mentors and create spiritual attitude and motivation by establishing spiritual communication with art and media, paying attention to the effect of knowledge of religion, the behavior of family, educators, and missionaries, the views of peers, virtual space, customs, and social models on spiritual training. They should strengthen their relationship with God by creating a positive image of God, secure attachment to God and following the infallible Imam, creating spiritual self-awareness with self-compassion, and developing relationships with people and nature based on love and forgiveness. They should modify the behavior of the family, the spiritual performance of educators and missionaries, adjust the views of peers, correct the errors of social customs and reduce the impact of destructive social patterns based on the life of the Prophet. Encourage parents and teachers to spiritual self-care. They should emphasize creating a positive image of God and secure attachment to God by parents and educators along with creating security and love in children. They should provide the possibility of compassionately correcting cognitive errors, reducing the influence of the peer group by expressing satisfaction and respect to teenagers. Give young people the opportunity to explain the reason for their choices, beliefs, and attitudes. Support the youth to achieve a sound heart with wisdom, chastity, courage, justice, generosity, and kindness, in the stages of faith growth.

Due to the effect of model-oriented education and secure attachment to God in training, it is necessary for parents and educators to provide a sense of security, love, and respect for children, teenagers, and young people, and avoid creating a negative image of God and violence.