Evaluating the Impact of the Spiritual Symbol of Natural Light in Devotional Spaces (Mosques) on Their Users' Spiritual Resilience through the Mediating Role of Spiritual Intelligence; Case Study: Qajar Mosques in Shiraz

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1 Ph.D. Candidate of Architecture, Technical and Engineering Faculty, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran (Corresponding Author).

3 Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor of Architecture, Technical and Engineering Faculty, Yasuj University, Yasuj, Iran.

10.22034/aaud.2022.273621.2431

Abstract

Spiritual resilience is one of the most basic and determinant factors in explaining people's mental health. Spiritual resilience enables people to use their inner capacities, which are a divine gift, in difficult and challenging conditions to achieve personal progress and growth in their everyday lives, and see the problems as opportunities for empowerment and improving the quality of their lives to reach eternity. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of the spiritual symbol of natural light in devotional spaces (mosques) on their users' spiritual resilience through the mediating role of spiritual intelligence. The present study is descriptive-analytical correlational research. The statistical population includes the users of the mosques studied in this research, who are selected using a simple random sampling technique, and the sample size is estimated as 171 people according to Cochran's formula. This research applies three spiritual symbolization, spiritual intelligence, and resilience questionnaires whose reliability is estimated as 0.81, 0.78, and 0.80, respectively. The obtained data are analyzed using a correlation test and multiple regression in SPSS20 software. The results indicate that there is a positive relationship between spiritual symbolization and people's spiritual intelligence and spiritual resilience, and the variables of spiritual symbolization and spiritual intelligence can predict resilience. Furthermore, among the spiritual symbols in mosques, the symbol of "light" has a greater contribution to the explanation of spiritual intelligence. According to the results, spiritual symbolization, especially with natural light, in devotional spaces plays an effective role in the functioning of spiritual intelligence while activating the self-conscious mind, and provides the necessary platform to create resilience in people.

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  • Receive Date: 17 February 2021
  • Revise Date: 01 April 2022
  • Accept Date: 15 July 2022

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