The Role of Spiritual Intelligence and Distress Tolerance on Coronavirus Anxiety in Students

Background and Objectives: The widespread prevalence of Coronavirus Disease ۲۰۱۹ (COVID-۱۹) has caused stress, anxiety, and worry in different groups, including students. Thus, this study aimed to determine the role of spiritual intelligence and distress tolerance in predicting COVID-۱۹ anxiety in students. Methods: This was a correlation and regression modeling (prediction) study. The statistical population of the study included all male students of Farhangian University of Shahid Bahonar Campus in Birjand City, Iran, in the academic year of ۲۰۲۰-۲۰۲۱. Accordingly, ۲۶۰ individuals were selected by the convenience sampling method; they volunteered to participate in the study and virtually completed the King (۲۰۰۸) Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire, Simon and Gaher (۲۰۰۵) Anxiety Tolerance Questionnaire, and Alipour et al.’s (۲۰۲۰) Corona Disease Anxiety Scale. Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis were employed in SPSS to analyze the collected data. Results: The present study results indicated an inverse and significant correlation between distress tolerance (r= -۰.۶۶۶), spiritual intelligence (r= -۰.۶۱۸), and COVID-۱۹ anxiety (P<۰.۰۱). Additionally, the achieved results revealed that spiritual intelligence (۳۳.۶%) and anxiety tolerance (۳۸.۸%) predicted the variance of coronary anxiety. Conclusion: According to the collected results, by increasing the tolerance of anxiety and spiritual intelligence and their dimensions, students’ COVID-۱۹-induced anxiety can be reduced. Therefore, in programs based on reducing COVID-۱۹ anxiety, more attention to distress tolerance, spiritual intelligence, and its promotion in students seems necessary

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Spiritual intelligence , Distress tolerance , Coronary anxiety , Students , هوش معنوی , تحمل پریشانی , اضطراب کرونا , دانشجویان.