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:: Volume 23, Issue 4 And 1 (supplement 2014) ::
MEDICAL SCIENCES 2014, 23(4 And 1): 54-58 Back to browse issues page
The effect of religious attitude and spirituality orientation on defense mechanisms
Masoumeh Imanzad1 , Golandam Atabeigi Momtaz2 , Sayed Rahmatollah Mousavimoghadam 3, Nasrin Najafi2 , Zainab Khodadadi2
1- Proteomics Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Graduate student in Clinical Psychology, Ilam Oloum Tahghighat University, Ilam, Iran
3- Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran , prof.m1344@gmail.com
Abstract:   (8697 Views)
Background: The impact of religion is clear on the function and behavior of individuals in different circumstance reactions. Any person has mechanisms of defense and this kind of behavior are used as a protection against severe anxieties. This study was performed to investigate the relationship religious attitude and spirituality orientation with defense mechanism.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical study in which 140 students of Ilam University of Medical Sciences were randomly selected. The instruments used in this study were Allport’s Religious Orientation Scale (ROS), and Defense Style Questionnaire (Andrews, 1993). Data were analyzed by SPSS18 software using Pearson correlation coefficient test and calculating the mean and standard deviation of variables.
Results: Among the defense mechanisms, repression scale with a mean score of 22.45 had the highest and fantasize with 12.37 had the lowest score. Internal religious orientation (m=20.32) was more than the external religious orientation (m=17.77). There was a significant inverse correlation between religious orientations with some defense mechanisms.
Conclusion: Defense mechanisms are the unconscious mental processes to protect themselves against threatening or stressful situations. Results suggest an inverse relationship between religious orientation and some defense mechanisms.
Keywords: Defense Mechanisms, spiritual, religion, religious attitudes, religious orientation, Allport’s Religious Orientation Scale (ROS)
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Semi-pilot: Survey/Cross Sectional/Descriptive | Subject: psychology
Received: 2014/01/22 | Accepted: 2014/01/22 | Published: 2014/01/22
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Imanzad M, Atabeigi Momtaz G, Mousavimoghadam S R, Najafi N, Khodadadi Z. The effect of religious attitude and spirituality orientation on defense mechanisms. MEDICAL SCIENCES 2014; 23 (4 and 1) :54-58
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Volume 23, Issue 4 And 1 (supplement 2014) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه علوم پزشکی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد پزشکی تهران Medical Science Journal of Islamic Azad Univesity - Tehran Medical Branch
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