The Relationship between Religious Coping Strategies and Happiness with Meaning in Life in Blind People

Mehdi Abarghouei,Reza Bidaki,Mohammad Reza Abarghouei,Mohammad Hossein Sorbi

doi:10.5539/gjhs.v9n1p130

Abstract

The aim of this study was studying the relationship between religious coping strategies and happiness with meaning in life in blind people in Iran in 2015. This research was a Correlation study with sample size of 103 blind people (17 to 55 years) of Yazd in Iran, selected by convenience sampling method. Data were gathered by Islamic Coping Strategies Scale (ICSS), Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ). SPSS-16 was used for analyzing data. Correlation coefficient results showed a positive significant correlation between religious coping strategies (Cognitive, Behavioral and Emotional) and happiness with meaning in life, also there was a positive significant correlation between religious coping strategies and happiness (p < 0.01). T-test showed that there was no significant difference between religious coping strategies, happiness and meaning in life in male and female blind people (p > 0.05). Stepwise regression showed that happiness, emotional, cognitive and behavioral subscales were respectively the strongest predictors for meaning in life. It can be concluded that religious and spirituality among blind people help them faced life's challenges more logically. This factor has an important role on increasing the levels of happiness and meaning in life.

Highlights

Eyesight, among the human senses, has a prominent role in shaping the environment of individuals that conducts human to be aware of the world around, interacting with people and objects and it leads to some successes in life
Data were gathered by Islamic Coping Strategies Scale (ICSS), Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ)
The results obtained in this study showed a positive significant correlation between religious coping strategies and its cognitive, emotional, behavioral subscales with meaning in life in blind people

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Among the human senses, has a prominent role in shaping the environment of individuals that conducts human to be aware of the world around, interacting with people and objects and it leads to some successes in life. Eyesight facilitates locomotors activity, exploration and identification of the environment that leads to form the basis of cognitive growth and better identity development in humans (Silver-Pacuilla, Perin, & Miller, 2013; Spybrook, 2014). The blind person makes a negative imagine in his unconscious during his life which can affect the overall structure of his personality and his psychological balance becomes vulnerable. Some former studies reported that blind people are afflicted to mental and emotional problems such as depression and anxiety due to their negative thoughts (Ghribi et al, 2014). A person is said to be legally blind that his visibility is too low that can't see the widest diameter of angular distance more than 20 degrees (Brown, 2012; Taymans & Kosaraju, 2012)

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