Background and Objective: Perceived stress and quality of life influence psychological and physical health. Mindfulness can alleviate stress and enhance quality of life. Previous research has demonstrated mindfulness benefits in diverse populations; yet, few studies have addressed the unique stressors faced by married women balancing familial and social roles. This study evaluated the effects of a 40-day spiritual mindfulness program on perceived stress and multiple quality-of-life dimensions in married women.

Methods: This is an experimental study conducted using a pre-test and post-test control group design. One hundred married women aged 20–45 in Tehran, were randomly assigned to an intervention (n=50) and a control (n=50) group. The intervention group completed 40 days of online lectures and practical meditation sessions; controls received no intervention. Pre- and post-intervention assessments using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and SF-36 questionnaire measured the outcomes. The spiritual mindfulness sessions program included silence of the mind, purification of the unconscious, light meditation, peace with oneself, and relaxation of the brain.  Data analyses included Mann-Whitney U tests for SF-36 subscale comparisons and ANCOVA for perceived stress changes. In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflicts of interest.

Results: The results showed significant improvements in the spiritual mindfulness group across all eight SF-36 subscales. ANCOVA results indicated a significant reduction in perceived stress in the experimental group (F=6.52, P=0.05).

Conclusion: A 40-day spiritual mindfulness program effectively reduced perceived stress and enhanced physical, psychological, and social facets of quality of life in married women. These findings support incorporating spiritual mindfulness techniques as an effective strategy for coping with stress and enhancing quality of life. Overall, the findings of this study may serve as a foundation for strategies aimed at improving the psychological and physical well-being of married women through mindfulness techniques.

Background and Objective: Well-being can be described as having a good life, which is one of the benefits that tourists enjoy when they fulfill their need for personal growth through purposeful traveling. Participating in social activities and spiritual tourism provides opportunities for increased well-being, mainly by calming anxiety and distress and fulfilling the subjective needs of the participants. In this study, we seek to answer the question, ’Is there a significant relationship between psychosocial and spiritual well-being and the resilience of young tourists?

Methods: The current research is practical in terms of purpose and based on the descriptive survey data collection method. The statistical population included all the tourists visiting Shiraz in the age range of 15 to 29 years old, who were present in Shiraz in the summer of 2023 at the time of data collection. The size of the statistical sample was estimated to be 384 people based on Lin's table, with a significance level being 95%. In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the author reported no conflicts of interest.

Results: The results revealed a significant relationship between social well-being and resilience of young tourists. Also, there was a relationship between spiritual well-being and resilience and a relationship between mental well-being and resilience, and with the increase in mental well-being, the resilience of young tourists increased.

Conclusion: Based on the findings, considering the many problems that exist and the threats that expose the lives of young people to many dangers, it is possible to take steps in the direction of increasing the resilience of young people by planning and in the meantime, providing the context for the well-being of young people. Tourism can have a very significant role in this respect, is which unfortunately less addressed today.

Background and Objective: The loss of a loved one is the most stressful event that any person can experience in their life. The most difficult and painful experience of grief is the loss of a child, which is a unique grief that is more intense than other types of grief leading to more serious and lasting symptoms. In the present study, the researchers sought to answer the question: What conditions and contexts lead to the management of grief and bereavement of mothers of children who died from cancer based on the teachings of the Quran?

Methods: The present study was qualitative conducted based on the grounded theory. The statistical population of this study was all mothers of children who died from cancer in the city of Sari, out of whom 21 were selected through purposive sampling, and in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted until data saturation was achieved. Strauss and Corbin’s systematic analysis method and open, axial, and selective coding methods were used to analyze the interviews. All ethical considerations were observed in this study, and the authors reported no conflicts of interest.

Results: The results showed that 56 codes were identified out of 387 concepts, and from the 56 primary codes, 10 categories were extracted, including belief in divine testing, belief in God's ownership, positive attitude to life, correct insight into death, motivation, inevitability of death, maintaining psychological balance, strengthening faith and religious beliefs, learning to relax, and training to overcome anxiety.

Conclusion: Religion and spirituality help individuals to better cope with external and internal adversities. Acting on religious beliefs and seeking meaning are important factors in the grieving process and can protect the bereaved person in how to deal with grief and stress.

Background and Objective: The stability of marriage is considered one of the most important indicators of optimal performance in family and married life, and the instability of marriage has countless destructive effects on the psychological health of each couple. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the predictive role of spiritual/religious perfectionism, communication pattern and pursuing/distancing in marital instability of couples.

Methods: The present study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the research included all married students living in the married dormitories of Tehran University in 2023, out of whom 360 were selected by simple random sampling and completed the questionnaires of Edwards' marital instability index, Besharat's spiritual/religious perfectionism scale, Sullaway and Christensen’s communication patterns questionnaire, and Bernstein's pursuing-distancing scale. Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression were used for data analysis. In this research, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors of the article did not report any conflicts of interest.

Results: The results showed a meaningful negative correlation between pursuing (r=-0.16), spiritual/religious perfectionism (r=-0.31), and communication pattern (r=-0.48) and marriage instability, and a significant positive correlation between distancing (r=0.32) and marriage instability. Also, the regression analysis revealed that 56% of the variance in marital instability can be explained based on the variables of spiritual/religious perfectionism, communication pattern, and distancing.

Conclusion: It can be concluded that the more coherent the couples’ spiritual/religious perfectionism and the higher their ability to communicate and pursue, the more stable their married life will be.

Background and Objective: With increasing longevity of individuals, health-promoting behaviors will gain higher significance considering maintenance of their performance and rising quality of their life. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of religious orientation and psychological capital in predicting the health-related quality of life of students.

Methods: The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the research included all the MA students of the Faculty of Psychology of the Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch in 2024, out of whom 150 were selected using the available sampling method. Data collection was done with Religious Orientation Questionnaire (Allport & Ross), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans), and Health-Related of Quality Life Questionnaire (Warr et al.). For data analysis, Pearson's correlation test and linear regression were performed on SPSS version 26 statistical software. Significance level was determined to be 0.05. In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflicts of interest.

Results: The results showed that a positive and significant correlation between internal religious orientation (r=0.48 & P<0.015), and external religious orientation (r=0.28 & P<0.034) with health-related quality of life in the sample. This relationship between the total score of psychological capital and, quality of life related to health in students was positive and significant (r=0.63 & P<0.004). The regression results also indicated that religious orientation explained 26% and psychological capital accounted for 31% of the variance in health-related quality of life.

Conclusion: Psychological capital and religious orientation play an important role in improving the health-related quality of life of students. Therefore, health policy makers and therapists need to pay special attention to this issue.

Background and Objective: Scientific research to produce new fabrics with special capabilities has been started a long time ago and today with the advancement of smart fabric technology, smart fabric is produced. The aim of the present study was to design and produce in the laboratory a black fabric with the ability to repel the heat energy of sunlight.

Methods: This study is laboratory-based. In this study, two types of 100% Iranian-made black wool fabrics measuring 0.5 by 0.5 meters were prepared as sample fabrics. After placing hollow glass microspheres on the fabric, the experiments were conducted in an air atmosphere with a heating rate of 10 degrees Celsius per minute up to a maximum temperature of 700 degrees Celsius. The samples were placed on a hot plate with a surface temperature of 50 degrees Celsius and at different time intervals the thermal radiation of the fabrics was compared with the initial state using thermal images. All ethical considerations were observed in the present study and the authors of the article reported no conflicts of interest.

Results: In the present study, four sample groups were examined, which included ordinary fabric without hollow glass microspheres, and fabric with 5%, 15%, and 25% hollow glass microspheres. The thermal resistance values showed that the ordinary fabric had 0.87, the fabric with 5% hollow glass microspheres had 1.05, the fabric with 15% hollow glass microspheres had 1.18, and the fabric with 25% hollow glass microspheres had a thermal resistance of 1.52. On the other hand, the p-value indicates that the probability of the observed differences between groups being due to chance is very low. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that increasing the amount of hollow glass microspheres led to an increase in thermal resistance. Finally, adding hollow glass microspheres to the fabric at all three levels (5%, 15%, and 25%) increased thermal resistance, with the greatest increase corresponding to 25% hollow glass microspheres. Based on the statistical test, these differences are statistically significant (P< 0.05).

Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the coating of pigment nanoparticles on hollow glass microspheres leads to a core-shell composite material that helps to repel solar radiation and not absorb it on the fabric. Therefore, the development of hollow glass microspheres and the investigation of their optical properties are very valuable.

Background and Objective: Mothers of autistic children face many psychological and social problems daily that disrupt their lifestyle and sleep. Spirituality, as one of the important aspects of human existence, can be involved in the health of these mothers. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of God-oriented multidimensional spiritual therapy with an Islamic approach and cognitive therapy based on immunization in the lifestyle and sleep disorders of mothers of autistic children.

Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test post-test control group design. The statistical population included all mothers of autistic children in Shiraz and Zahedan in 2024. Among them, 60 people were selected by convenient sampling method and randomly assigned to two intervention groups and one control group (20 people in each group). The standard questionnaire for sleep disorders by Lynch et al. and the lifestyle questionnaire by Lali et al. were used to collect data. The first intervention group received God-oriented multidimensional spiritual therapy for 12 sessions and the second intervention group received immunization-based cognitive therapy for 10 sessions, each session lasting 90 minutes (two sessions per week) as a group. Data analysis was performed using SPSS26 software, covariance and variance tests, and t-tests. In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflicts of interest.

Results: The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the God-oriented multidimensional spiritual therapy intervention group with an Islamic approach, the immunization-based cognitive therapy intervention group, and the control group in the post-test of lifestyle variables (P=0.000, F=10.07) and sleep disorders (P=0.005, F=81.5). Also, the effect size for lifestyle variables and sleep disorders in the first and second intervention groups and the control group was 82% and 63.9%, respectively.

Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that the God-oriented multidimensional spiritual therapy group with Islamic approach has a greater impact on the lifestyle and sleep disorders of mothers with autistic children than cognitive therapy based on immunization, so it can be used as an effective method.

Background and Objective: In addition to the emphasis in religious teachings on protecting the rights of animals, and observing the special rulings that are foreseen in Islamic jurisprudence regarding the slaughter of animals, today anesthetizing an animal for the purpose of slaughtering is a new method in many countries in the world. Considering the emerging nature of this issue, the question is whether, from a jurisprudential point of view, slaughtering using anesthesia methods is permissible or not.

Methods: This study employed a descriptive-analytical approach. The required data were gathered through a review of library resources, including jurisprudential and legal books, as well as scientific articles indexed in reputable databases. Finally, the data were analyzed according to the research question and in line with the research objectives. The authors reported no conflicts of interest in the present study.

Results: It should be stated that it is not possible to rule in an absolute sense on the permissibility or impermissibility of anesthetizing an animal before slaughter, but the ruling varies according to the method of anesthesia. One of the important points is that it will not be possible to review this ruling without using veterinary studies and explaining the effects of anesthesia on the animal and its meat after slaughter.

Conclusion: If the use of anesthetic tools and methods leads to the death of the animal causing the animal to be considered dead (Maitah), it is definitely impermissible. Otherwise, considering the harm to the animal and the damage to the meat and to human health due to the anesthesia, this practice is considered as disapproved and permissible (neutral) in the general sense.

Background and Objective: Prayer holds a significant cultural position in Islamic societies being the second pillar of Islam. Given the growing emphasis on cultural frameworks in the field of psychotherapy, this study aims to identify and examine the cultural content factors within prayer that may be effective in influencing an individual's insight and judgment regarding mental health issues.

Methods: This study was conducted using a descriptive-analytical approach and a library research method. Within this framework, the concepts and practices associated with prayer were first defined, and then explained through scientific definitions and psychological frameworks. Finally, using findings from related research, the results derived from the extracted concepts were examined. The authors reported no conflict of interest regarding this study.

Results: The results revealed the presence of certain content areas within prayer, such as acceptance, patience, strengthening of willpower, compassion, and confrontation. These factors are explicitly recommended and defined during prayer, encouraging individuals to focus more on these aspects.

Conclusion: Given the increasing importance of culture-based therapies, it appears that prayer can serve as an effective model in addressing psychological issues, considering the mentioned factors.

Background and Objective: Religion, particularly in Islamic teachings, provides directives that are not solely related to worship but also have profound effects on the physical and psychological wellbeing of individuals. As a system of beliefs and values, religion can significantly influence behaviors, attitudes, and lifestyle choices in the context of health. This article examines the relationship between religion and health from the perspective of the secondary meanings of the verses of jurisprudence, analyzing their role in enhancing the quality of individual and social life.

Methods: This is a library-based study conducted using a descriptive-analytical approach. In this regard, the study utilizes Quranic verses, interpretations, and reference books from both Sunni and Shia perspectives and also explores databases such as Magiran and Noormags to investigate the various meanings of the verses of jurisprudence and their applications. The authors of the article reported no conflicts of interest in the present study.

Results: Focusing on topics such as hijab (veil), food and drink regulations, marriage, and fasting, this article illustrates how the secondary meanings of commands and prohibitions can contribute to strengthening individual and social health. Specifically, hijab helps maintain social and psychological health for women, while clarifying the principles of consuming halal (permissible) food emphasizes physical health. Furthermore, marriage leads to the formation of healthy families and strong emotional bonds, which in turn contribute to the nurturing of future generations and the enhancement of social health. On the other hand, fasting not only purifies the body but also fosters discipline in individuals' lives.

Conclusion: Utilizing the secondary meanings of verses of jurisprudence can provide a deeper understanding of the connection between religion and health, leading to the establishment of healthier and more transcendent communities. Thus, this article offers suggestions for future research aimed at deepening the connections between religion and health.