1- PhD student in educational psychology Kish International Campus, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
2- Distinguished professor of Tehran University, Tehran, Iran ,afrooz@ut.ac.ir
3- Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2- Distinguished professor of Tehran University, Tehran, Iran ,
3- Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Objective: The present study aimed to design and evaluate the effectiveness of supportive psychological interventions based on spiritual therapy on spiritual happiness and resilience among adolescents who experienced the loss of a parent due to COVID-19.
Methods: This study employed a semi-experimental pretest–posttest control group design. The sample consisted of 24 female adolescents with complicated grief symptoms who had lost a parent to COVID-19 in 2022. Participants were purposefully selected from girls’ high schools in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran, and after matching for age and gender, were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 12) and a control group (n = 12). The experimental group received eight sessions of supportive psychological intervention based on spiritual therapy, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected at pretest, posttest, and three-month follow-up using the Spiritual Happiness Questionnaire (Afaroz, 2016) and the Resilience Scale (Connor & Davidson, 1984). Repeated measures ANOVA was used for data analysis.
Results: The results indicated a significant increase in mean scores of spiritual happiness and resilience in the experimental group at the posttest and follow-up stages compared to the pretest (p < 0.05). These improvements were maintained at the three-month follow-up, while no significant changes were observed in the control group.
Conclusions: Supportive psychological interventions based on spiritual therapy are effective in enhancing spiritual happiness and resilience among adolescents who have experienced parental loss due to COVID-19. These findings highlight the importance of incorporating spiritually oriented psychological interventions into mental health services for bereaved adolescents.
Methods: This study employed a semi-experimental pretest–posttest control group design. The sample consisted of 24 female adolescents with complicated grief symptoms who had lost a parent to COVID-19 in 2022. Participants were purposefully selected from girls’ high schools in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran, and after matching for age and gender, were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 12) and a control group (n = 12). The experimental group received eight sessions of supportive psychological intervention based on spiritual therapy, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected at pretest, posttest, and three-month follow-up using the Spiritual Happiness Questionnaire (Afaroz, 2016) and the Resilience Scale (Connor & Davidson, 1984). Repeated measures ANOVA was used for data analysis.
Results: The results indicated a significant increase in mean scores of spiritual happiness and resilience in the experimental group at the posttest and follow-up stages compared to the pretest (p < 0.05). These improvements were maintained at the three-month follow-up, while no significant changes were observed in the control group.
Conclusions: Supportive psychological interventions based on spiritual therapy are effective in enhancing spiritual happiness and resilience among adolescents who have experienced parental loss due to COVID-19. These findings highlight the importance of incorporating spiritually oriented psychological interventions into mental health services for bereaved adolescents.
Type of Study: Original |
Subject:
Educational Psychology
Received: 2024/07/23 | Accepted: 2024/11/14 | Published: 2026/03/1
Received: 2024/07/23 | Accepted: 2024/11/14 | Published: 2026/03/1
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