Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

The relationship between rumination and irrational beliefs with death obsession in pregnant women: The mediating role of Islamic lifestyle

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mehdi Sharifi 1
Sakineh Saeidi 2
Aliakbar Abbaspour 2
omolbannin Esmati 3
Masoumeh Tadayoni 3
1 Master of Clinial Psychology, Faculty of Nursing, Bandargaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of theology, Faculty of Humanities, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
3 Master of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
Abstract
Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of Islamic lifestyle in the relationship between rumination and irrational beliefs with death obsession in pregnant women.
Materials and Methods: This applied research employed a correlational design and structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all pregnant women who visited hospitals in Gonbad city in 2021. Using a non-random convenience sampling method, 370 women were selected and completed the Islamic Lifestyle Scale by Kaviani (2009), the Rumination Scale by Nolen-Hoeksema and Morrow (1991), the Irrational Beliefs Scale by Jones (1968), and the Death Obsession Scale by Abdel-Khalek (1998). The proposed model was analyzed through path analysis using SPSS and LISREL software.
Finding: The findings indicated that the direct effects of rumination and irrational beliefs on death obsession, as well as on Islamic lifestyle, were significant (p<0.01). The indirect effects of rumination and irrational beliefs on death obsession through Islamic lifestyle were also significant (p<0.01). Model fit indices showed that the research model had an acceptable fit.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, health professionals and therapists can improve death obsession in pregnant women by reducing rumination and irrational beliefs on one hand and enhancing their Islamic lifestyle on the other.
Keywords
Irrational Beliefs
Islamic Lifestyle
Mental Rumination
Obsession
Pregnant Women

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