Yousefi Afrashteh Majid, Fartash Azin, Aboutorabi Kimia
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran.
BMC Geriatr. 2025 Jul 2;25(1):482. doi: 10.1186/s12877-025-06040-2.
The older people, as one of the vulnerable groups in society, face various challenges. Paying attention to their needs and issues during this period of life can improve their quality of life and mental health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between death anxiety and spiritual intelligence with the potential mediating role of the search for meaning and resilience among Iranian older people.
This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 348 older people over 60 years old in Zanjan, Iran, in 2024. The participants were selected using the Cochran formula. The instruments used in this study were the Spiritual Intelligence Scale, the Death Anxiety Scale, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis.
The results showed a significant negative correlation between spiritual intelligence and death anxiety. In addition, the two variables of search for meaning and resilience played a potential mediating role in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and death anxiety. The goodness-of-fit indices of the final research model indicated a good fit, confirming the significance of the research hypotheses.
Based on the results, it is suggested that conducting educational programs for the older people and their families can help control death anxiety and enhance spiritual intelligence. This action can improve the quality of life and reduce psychological distress among the older people.
老年人作为社会弱势群体之一，面临着各种挑战。关注他们在这一人生阶段的需求和问题可以提高他们的生活质量和心理健康水平。本研究旨在探讨伊朗老年人死亡焦虑与精神智力之间的关系，以及寻求意义和心理韧性在其中可能起到的中介作用。
2024年，在伊朗赞詹对348名60岁以上的老年人进行了这项描述性相关性研究。参与者采用 Cochr an公式选取。本研究使用的工具包括精神智力量表、死亡焦虑量表、生命意义问卷和康纳-戴维森心理韧性量表。数据分析采用皮尔逊相关系数和路径分析。
结果显示精神智力与死亡焦虑之间存在显著的负相关。此外，寻求意义和心理韧性这两个变量在精神智力与死亡焦虑之间的关系中起到了潜在的中介作用。最终研究模型的拟合优度指标显示拟合良好，证实了研究假设的显著性。
基于研究结果，建议为老年人及其家庭开展教育项目，这有助于控制死亡焦虑并提高精神智力。这一举措可以改善老年人的生活质量，减轻他们的心理困扰。
