The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy in Women
Background. Pregnancy and childbirth are natural events in the life cycle of women, but at the same time, they are considered stressful experiences that are associated with extensive psychological and physical changes in pregnant mothers. Since spirituality as a hidden source of love, pleasure, and...
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| author | Farideh Nasiri Nadereh Paknahadzad Nazila Nasiri Hossein Hosseinifard Yousof Kheiry |
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| description | Background. Pregnancy and childbirth are natural events in the life cycle of women, but at the same time, they are considered stressful experiences that are associated with extensive psychological and physical changes in pregnant mothers. Since spirituality as a hidden source of love, pleasure, and connection with divinity, helps to strengthen and protect human beings against confusion, distress, and the stresses of daily life, it seems that spiritual intelligence can be effective in reducing stress during pregnancy. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and stress in pregnant mothers referred to Alzahra Medical Education Center in Tabriz. Methods. This study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the current study consisted of 190 pregnant women who referred to Alzahra Medical Education Center in Tabriz in 2022. They were included in the study using the availability sampling method. Questionnaires on spiritual intelligence (with subscales of understanding and connection with the source of existence and spiritual life with reliance on the inner core) and perceived stress (with subscales of negative perceived stress and positive perceived stress) were utilized for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, including an independent t-test, an analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results. This study showed that there was no significant difference between the mean of total perceived stress and the positive dimension of perceived stress with the demographic characteristics of the participants. However, there was a significant difference between the mean score of the negative dimension of perceived stress and the history of abortion. A significant correlation was found between the negative and positive dimensions of perceived stress and the source of existence (a small scale of spiritual intelligence), with correlation coefficients of 0.154 (P= 0.04) and 0.224, respectively. Also, the correlation between the score of spiritual life with reliance on the inner core (from the subscale of spiritual intelligence) and the negative dimension of perceived stress was significant, with a correlation coefficient of 0.234. Conclusion. Given the results of this study with respect to the correlation between understanding the connection with the source of existence and perceived stress in the negative and positive dimensions, it seems that women's possession of spiritual intelligence and connection with the source of existence can reduce their stress during pregnancy and ultimately improve the health status of mothers and babies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3be4964a31ff41b897621677c81c87e52025-08-20T02:11:21ZfasTabriz University of Medical SciencesTaṣvīr-i salāmat2008-90582423-66402024-08-0115330131310.34172/doh.2024.23doh-3088The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy in WomenFarideh Nasiri0Nadereh Paknahadzad1Nazila Nasiri2Hossein Hosseinifard3Yousof Kheiry4 Research Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Al-Zahra Medical Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran General Department of Education of Karaj, Karaj, Iran Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Development Center of Interdisciplinary Studies of Islamic and Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Background. Pregnancy and childbirth are natural events in the life cycle of women, but at the same time, they are considered stressful experiences that are associated with extensive psychological and physical changes in pregnant mothers. Since spirituality as a hidden source of love, pleasure, and connection with divinity, helps to strengthen and protect human beings against confusion, distress, and the stresses of daily life, it seems that spiritual intelligence can be effective in reducing stress during pregnancy. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and stress in pregnant mothers referred to Alzahra Medical Education Center in Tabriz. Methods. This study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the current study consisted of 190 pregnant women who referred to Alzahra Medical Education Center in Tabriz in 2022. They were included in the study using the availability sampling method. Questionnaires on spiritual intelligence (with subscales of understanding and connection with the source of existence and spiritual life with reliance on the inner core) and perceived stress (with subscales of negative perceived stress and positive perceived stress) were utilized for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, including an independent t-test, an analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results. This study showed that there was no significant difference between the mean of total perceived stress and the positive dimension of perceived stress with the demographic characteristics of the participants. However, there was a significant difference between the mean score of the negative dimension of perceived stress and the history of abortion. A significant correlation was found between the negative and positive dimensions of perceived stress and the source of existence (a small scale of spiritual intelligence), with correlation coefficients of 0.154 (P= 0.04) and 0.224, respectively. Also, the correlation between the score of spiritual life with reliance on the inner core (from the subscale of spiritual intelligence) and the negative dimension of perceived stress was significant, with a correlation coefficient of 0.234. Conclusion. Given the results of this study with respect to the correlation between understanding the connection with the source of existence and perceived stress in the negative and positive dimensions, it seems that women's possession of spiritual intelligence and connection with the source of existence can reduce their stress during pregnancy and ultimately improve the health status of mothers and babies.https://doh.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/doh-15-301.pdfspiritual intelligenceperceived stresspregnancywomen |
| spellingShingle | Farideh Nasiri Nadereh Paknahadzad Nazila Nasiri Hossein Hosseinifard Yousof Kheiry The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy in Women Taṣvīr-i salāmat spiritual intelligence perceived stress pregnancy women |
| title | The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy in Women |
| title_full | The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy in Women |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy in Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy in Women |
| title_short | The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy in Women |
| title_sort | relationship between spiritual intelligence and perceived stress during pregnancy in women |
| topic | spiritual intelligence perceived stress pregnancy women |
| url | https://doh.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/doh-15-301.pdf |
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