Perceptions of Spiritual Dryness in Iran During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study addresses perceptions of spiritual dryness (a specific form of spiritual struggle) during the COVID-19 pandemic among Iranian Muslims (n = 362), and how these perceptions can be predicted. Spiritual dryness was perceived often to regularly by 27% and occasionally by 35%. Regression models...

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Autores principales: Büssing, Arndt, Kerdar, Sara Hamideh, Akbari, Mohammad Esmaeil, Rassouli, Maryam
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Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34327572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01360-0
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spelling pubmed-83215052021-07-30 Perceptions of Spiritual Dryness in Iran During the COVID-19 Pandemic Büssing, Arndt Kerdar, Sara Hamideh Akbari, Mohammad Esmaeil Rassouli, Maryam J Relig Health Original Paper This study addresses perceptions of spiritual dryness (a specific form of spiritual struggle) during the COVID-19 pandemic among Iranian Muslims (n = 362), and how these perceptions can be predicted. Spiritual dryness was perceived often to regularly by 27% and occasionally by 35%. Regression models revealed that the best predictors of spiritual dryness (SDS-7) were usage of mood-enhancing medications, loneliness/social isolation and praying as positive predictors, and being restricted in daily life concerns as negative predictor. The pandemic challenges mental stability of people worldwide and may also challenge trust in God. Reliable and humble support of people experiencing these phases is required. Springer US 2021-07-29 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8321505/ /pubmed/34327572 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01360-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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