Hamideh Abrishamkar, Gholamali Afrooz, Mohammad Vaez Mousavi, Ali Moghadamzadeh,
Volume 21, Issue 117 (12-2022)
Abstract
Background: The literature in sports psychology showed that a decrease in the feeling of psychological security probably caused a decrease in success and thus caused fear and anxiety. As a result, sports psychologists have focused on training programs to overcome the reduction in feelings of psychological security and fear.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of spiritual vitality training program and evaluation on fear of failure and psychological security of athletes.
Methods: In this quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test research design, 46 female athletes were selected by voluntary participation, and randomly divided into two groups of spiritual vitality and control training programs. Participants completed pre-test and post-test questionnaires of psychological security (Edmondson, 1999) and fear of failure (Conory et al, 2002). The intervention phase was performed in 28 one-hour sessions. This protocol was a combination of the protocol of spiritual vitality (eight sessions), consciousness in the moment (ten sessions) and acceptance and awareness (ten sessions) (Mehry Varnayeb, 2017). During this time, the participants in the control group engaged in their daily activities. Data were analyzed by multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that spiritual vitality training program has a significant effect on reducing the fear of failure (ie, decreased self-esteem, fear of having an unknown future, fear of upsetting important people, fear of experiencing shame and fear of losing Giving interest to important people (athletes) (P<0.05). It also showed that spiritual vitality training program has a significant effect on increasing the sense of psychological security of athletes (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The results showed that spiritual vitality program has been effective in reducing the fear of failure and increasing the feeling of psychological security of the athletes through self-control and it is important for experts to be aware of this program in order to reduce the fear of failure and improve the safety of athletes.
Anahita Mohammad Alizade Namini, Reza Pourhosein, Fatemeh Nosrati, Gholam َali Afrooz,
Volume 23, Issue 143 (12-2024)
Abstract
Background: Low self‐worth during adolescence predicts a range of emotional and behavioural problems. As such, identifying potential sources of influence on self‐worth in adolescence is important.
Aims: The aim of this study was to construct The Relationship between Parents' Marital Satisfaction and Popularity in the Family with Sense of Self-worth and Spiritual Vitality of Children Working in Gifted Schools
Methods: The research method is descriptive-correlational of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this study is all talented students in Tehran during the academic year of 1400-1401. The sample consisted of 320 high school students in Tehran who were selected by cluster sampling and responded to Afrooz marital satisfaction scale (2016), Popularity of parent’s scale (Afrooz, 2012), Spiritual vitality scale (Afrooz, 2014) and Self-Worth Scale (Crocker and et al, 2003). To evaluate the proposed model, structural equation modeling was used using AMOS software version 24 and SPSS version 27.
Results: The results of correlation coefficient showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between marital satisfaction and parental popularity with dimensions of spiritual vitality and self-worthiness (P< 0.05). Findings indicate that the proposed model fits the data appropriately. Also, 80% of the variance of self-worth is explained by marital satisfaction, parental popularity and spiritual vitality. In other words, couple's satisfaction and parental popularity directly and indirectly through spiritual vitality have a positive effect on students' self-worth. Couple's satisfaction and parental affection are associated with higher adolescents' self-worthiness.
Conclusion: The data were cross-sectional, so the direction of the effects could not be confirmed, but the findings support the idea that couple's satisfaction and parental popularity in children increase adolescent's vitality and self-worthiness.
Mr. Majid Azizi, Dr Gholam Ali Afrooz,
Volume 24, Issue 146 (4-2025)
Abstract
ئBackground: Adulthood, especially old age, is one of the most important and sensitive periods of every person, lifestyle and spiritual vitality can play a role as components affecting physical and psychological well-being in this age period
Aims: The aim of the present study was to compare the lifestyle and spiritual vitality in the elderly over 80 years old with and without Alzheimer's
Methods: In terms of practical purpose, the present study is retrospective in terms of time and in terms of the method of data collection, it belongs to a causal-comparative design that was collected in the field. The statistical population consisted of all the elderly, and among them, a sample of 80 elderly people was considered. The measuring tools of the research are the lifestyle assessment and measurement questionnaire, the spiritual vitality questionnaire that was distributed among the people. In order to analyze the data in this research, according to the questions and hypotheses, descriptive statistics and univariate variance analysis were used at the inferential level
Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the group with Alzheimer's disorder and people without Alzheimer's disorder in the combined dependent variables of lifestyle . the findings showed that there is a difference between people with Alzheimer's disorder and those without Alzheimer's disorder in the variable of spiritual vitality.
Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, lifestyle and its components and spiritual vitality have a positive effect on the prevention of Alzheimer's disease in the elderly and can reduce Alzheimer's disease in old age. Expanding skill training and improving lifestyle and promoting spiritual vitality especially in the youth and childhood years and improving it day by day in the country can be a good counter plan to prevent Alzheimer's in the elderly population.
