The Role of Spiritual Orientations and Thinking Styles in Anticipating Post-Traumatic Growth

Document Type : مقالات علمی پژوهشی

Authors
A. S. Hoseini 1
M. Zargham Hajebi 2
N. Monirpoor 3
A. habibzade 4
1 Department of Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
2 Psychology Department, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
3 Psychology Department, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
4 Psychology Department, Qom University, Qom, Iran.
Abstract
The present research intends to find the role of spiritual attitudes and thinking styles in anticipating post-traumatic growth in disabled veterans. The applied research method is descriptive-correlational. Study samples include 362 disabled veterans of Iraq-Iran war (267 with 25-49% disability and 95 veterans with 50-70% disability) selected from various cities of Tehran province using stratified random sampling and evaluated using Jaeger et al spiritual attitude inventory (2012), Tedeschi and Calhoun’s post-traumatic growth inventory (2011), as well as the Sternberg-Wagner thinking styles inventory (1979). The results correlation analyses and multivariate regression (simultaneous regression) show a significant relation between spiritual attitudes and legislative thinking styles and post-traumatic growth in veterans; and spiritual attitudes (Beta=0.711) and legislative thinking styles (Beta=0.559) can significantly anticipate the post-traumatic growth (p< 0.01). Moreover, spiritual attitudes and thinking styles can explain 65% of changes in post-traumatic growth. Study results support that spirituality and spiritual attitudes as well as thinking style play a significant role in post-traumatic growth in disabled veterans. Therefore, it seems necessary to develop some educational or consultative plans for disabled veterans based on these findings.

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The Journal of Research in Humanities
Volume 28, Issue 3
September 2021
Pages 123-143