Stress Management Skills in Nahj al-Balaghah
Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va Salāmat (i.e., Research on Religion & Health),
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2021),
21 June 2021
,
Page 170-183
https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v7i2.26928
Abstract
Background and Objective: Every year, many people suffer from mental disorders including stress, which causes them problems in life. Ways to deal with these disorders are issues that world scholars have always been thinking about. In the highly regarded book of Nahj al-Balaghah, as a rich source of Shia, useful advice on mental health and stress prevention strategies, especially stress, has been put forward by counselors and psychologists. By putting these recommendations into practice and using these instructions in counseling sessions, psychologists can teach these strategies to clients and improve their counseling process. This study aimed to investigate ways of coping with stress by relying on the words of Amir al-Momenin (pbuh) in Nahj al-Balaghah.
Methods: This is a library-based study that was carried out searching such vocabularies as stress, tension and anxiety in psychology books and searching Arabic words of baliah (catastrophe) and mehnah (distress) in Nahj al-Balaghah and scientific databases. The authors of the article reported no conflict of interest.
Results: The results showed that although human anxiety is considered as one of the oldest issues in psychological discussions, few studies have examined the issue of stress and anxiety from the perspective of Nahj al-Balaghah. Nahj al-Balaghah has referred to and discussed the basic issue stress and its underlying causes and counteracting factors, but has not used the exact terms stress or its derivatives. In the present study, according to the terminological meaning of stress, we have classified his sentences into three general categories: Changing the conditions and avoiding stressful conditions, using cognitive skills of dealing with stress, and emotional-behavioral methods of dealing with stress.
Conclusion: By pondering upon the words of Imam Ali (pbuh) in Nahj al-Balaghah, stress can be attributed to three factors: a) the existence of stressful conditions, b) the perception of stress caused by these conditions by the individual, and c) the relative capacity of the individual for facing or adapting to these conditions. According to this model, ways of coping with stress regarding their goals and functions were classified into three major categories.
Please cite this article as: Shariatpanah M, Fani M. Stress Management Skills in Nahj al-Balaghah. Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va salāmat. 2021;7(2):170-183. https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v7i2.26928
- Coping, Nahj al-Balaghah, Skills, Stress
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