Author(s)

Maryam Azizi¹, Abolfath Azizi², Ahmad Abedi³, Mohamad Baqher Kajbaf³, Reza Ali Fallahzadeh^4*

¹Abarkouh Paramedical College, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
²Department of Quran’s Science & Hadith, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
³College of Educational Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
⁴Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of spiritual therapy on female students’ hope who referred to Isfahan University counseling center. The methodology used was experimental. The study population was confined to the female students referring to Isfahan University counseling center. 30 students were randomly selected and divided into two experimental and control groups. Adult Hope Scale was used as the research tool. The obtained results were analyzed using the analysis of covariance and they showed that spiritual therapy is effective on increasing students’ hope.

Spirituality, Spiritual Therapy, Hope, Students

Azizi, M. , Azizi, A. , Abedi, A. , Kajbaf, M. and Fallahzadeh, R. (2016) The Effect of Spiritual Therapy on Hope of Life in Female Students Who Referred to Isfahan University Counseling Center. Psychology, 7, 126-131. doi: 10.4236/psych.2016.71015.