Background and Objective: Abortion is a multidimensional phenomenon, and decision-making regarding it occurs within a context shaped by individual, social, moral, and cultural factors. Contrary to the common perception of abortion as a purely personal choice, evidence suggests that this decision is deeply intertwined with moral and spiritual conflicts. The present study aimed to explore the lived experiences of women who decided against abortion and to elucidate the psychological, moral, and spiritual dimensions of this decision.

Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a conventional content analysis approach. Data were collected through 16 in-depth semi-structured interviews with women who had decided against abortion within the past 7 months to 3.5 years. Participants were purposefully selected from various cities across Iran. In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflicts of interest.

Results: Data analysis led to the emergence of six main themes: 1- From shock to burden of guilt (shock, anxiety, guilt, and concerns about fetal harm), 2- Mothers’ perception of the fetus: a complete human being or an incomplete entity, 3- The dilemma between conscience and reality (conflict between religious–moral beliefs and socioeconomic pressures), 4- Experiencing maternal guilt and shame in the decision-making process, 5- From unwanted pregnancy to divine acceptance (the role of destiny and religious beliefs in withdrawing from abortion), and 6- The duality of peace and anxiety after childbirth.

Conclusion: The lived experiences of women revealed that deciding against abortion is a complex process interwoven with psychological, moral, social, and spiritual dimensions. These findings highlight the necessity of designing multidimensional supportive and counseling interventions tailored to the conditions of women facing unwanted pregnancies.

Background and Objective: Resilience is the human ability to adapt to social conflicts and stressful life events and is very important in student life. Accordingly, the present study aimed to structurally model the effect of mindfulness and life expectancy on resilience with the mediating role of religious beliefs among students.

Methods: The statistical population of the study included all undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University, Fasa branch in the second semester of 2022-2023, numbering 550 people, out of whom 225 were selected as a sample using Morgan's table and stratified random sampling method. Research tools included 4 questionnaires: "Mindfulness" by Beer, Smith and Allen, "Life Expectancy" by Schneider et al., "Resilience" by Connor and Davidson and "Religious Beliefs" by Najafi. In order to analyze the data, statistical software SPSS28 and PLS3 were used at the descriptive and inferential levels. In this research, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors of the article did not reported any conflicts of interest.

Results: The results indicated significant direct relationship between mindfulness and resilience (β=0.219), life expectancy and resilience (β=0.551), and mindfulness and religious beliefs (β=0.339). Furthermore, no significant direct relationships were found between religious beliefs and resilience (β= 0.096), or between life expectancy and religious beliefs (β=0.124). Additionally, there was no significant indirect relationship between mindfulness and students' resilience via the mediating role of religious beliefs (β=0.033), nor between life expectancy and students' resilience via the mediating role of religious beliefs (β=0.012).

Conclusion: Based on the findings, it is suggested to provide educational workshops to improve mindfulness, life expectancy and religious beliefs among students because the improvement of these variables will lead to an increase in resilience.

Background and Objective: Most scientific studies on the relationship between religion and mental health have focused on understanding the views of religious leaders or texts. Some of these studies are interdisciplinary and emphasize the perspective of Sahifa al-Sajjadiyah. This article examines the views of Imam Sajjad (AS) regarding the virtuous life (Hayat Tayyebah) and compares it with the views of psychologists on mental health, in order to contribute to a better and deeper understanding of the Islamic perspective on mental health and to deepen the harmony between science and religion.

Methods: The research was conducted with a qualitative approach using content analysis method. First, the views of prominent psychologists on mental health were examined and their desired components were extracted. Then, the statements of Imam Sajjad (AS) about the virtuous life and other topics related to mental health from Sahifa al-Sajjadiyah and other reliable sources were extracted and categorized, and the components desired by the Imam were compared with the components considered by psychologists to determine the relationship between the religious approach and the psychologists' approach and the degree of overlap between their definitions. The authors reported no conflicts of interest.

Results: The results showed that the concepts and guidelines of Sahifa al-Sajjadiyah in the field of mental health, despite a significant overlap with the components considered by psychologists, such as emotional balance, desirable relationships, life satisfaction, self-actualization, purposefulness, meaningfulness of life, and resilience, also have differences with them, the most important of which is the approach of these two groups toward humans. The approach of Sahifa al-Sajjadiyah is God-centered, and the main approach of psychologists is human-centered. The research findings show that Sahifa al-Sajjadiyah can be a rich and valuable basis for extracting and explaining Islamic teachings in the field of mental health.

Conclusion: The teachings of Imam Sajjad (AS) provide a transcendent lifestyle that, in addition to ensuring otherworldly happiness, offers the components of a healthy, God-centered worldly life that, in addition to including and overlapping with most of the components considered by psychologists, also considers the divine dimensions and spiritual transcendence of human beings.