The Comparison of the Effectiveness of Teaching Spirituality and Resiliency with Efficacy among High School Students in Iran

Abstract

In recent decades, with the rise of research in the field of psychology of religion, the consequences of moral excellences have been increased. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of teaching spirituality and resiliency with the efficacy of high school girl students in Sabzevar, Iran. Efficacy which was investigated in this study is one of the most effective components of happiness. 60 high school students were chosen randomly through Volunteer sampling and their accessibility, then divided randomly into the experimental and control groups. Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, and Connor-Davidson Resiliency Scale (CD-RISC) were used to gather required data. The results indicated that in comparison to the average efficiency of the students in control group and according to the average efficiency of the students in experimental group, teaching spirituality and resiliency increased the average efficiency of the students in the experimental groups. Therefore the hypothesis of this study was confirmed and based on the efficacy; there was a significant difference between the students in the experimental and control groups which means teaching spirituality has more effectiveness on the students’ efficacy than teaching resiliency.