خلاصة:
The purpose of this study was to predict hopefulness based on difficulties in emotional regulation and religious attitudes. Method of the present study was descriptive-correlation study. The sample size was 121 Undergraduate students' Ferdowsi University of Mashhad that were selected as volunteers. Research tools included: hope questionnaire of Snyder (1991), difficulties of emotional regulation (DERS) and religious attitudes questionnaire (2010). Pearson correlation, regression, and patch analysis were applied. Results showed that there are significant relationships between hopefulness, difficulties in emotional regulation and religious attitudes (p < 0.05), considering path analysis, results showed that religious attitude, reject responses excitement, difficulty handling the targeted behavior, limited access to emotion regulation strategies, lack of transparency in the excitement, the total of difficulties in emotional regulation can be predictors for hopefulness (p < 0.0001). In addition, according to patch analysis to predict hopefulness were desirable. Thus, the factor of difficulties in emotional regulation and religious attitudes can predict hopefulness.
ملخص الجهاز:
The results of the research show that there is a significant relationship between emotion regulation difficulty and religious attitudes with hopefulness (p < 0.
05) and according to the path model analysis, the results show that the variables of religious attitude, non-acceptance of emotional responses, difficulty engaging in goal-directed behavior, limited access to emotion regulation strategies, lack of clarity, and difficulty regulating them can be predictors of hopefulness (p < 0.
There are numerous studies regarding the relationship between religion and hopefulness; among them, one can mention the research of McClain 1, Rosenfeld 2, and Breitbart 3 (2003) which indicated that spiritual health has a significant effect on end-of-life despair in cancer patients; Koenig et al.
(2010) considered the positive correlation between spiritual health and hope as an indication of patients adopting appropriate coping mechanisms when facing life-threatening events; Penrod and Morse 5 (1997) and Chang and Li 6 (2002) showed that those who considered themselves religious had higher hope scores compared to those who did not consider themselves religious.
01) and there is a significant relationship between difficulty in accessing purposeful behavior, the total score of emotion regulation difficulty, and religious attitude with hopefulness (P < 0.
Based on the data analysis, the correlation findings of this research are consistent with the studies of Hong and Ow 1 (2007), Mickley and Soeken 2 (1993), Baljani, Khashabi, Amanpour, and Azimi (1390), which have shown that there is a relationship between religion and hopefulness; it is also consistent and in agreement with the research of Karami et al.
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