M.A. Thesis:

The Effectiveness of Teaching Spirituality Based on Religious Beliefs on Psychological Well-being and the Sharpening in Mobilizing the Women's Societies in Sabzevar

The purpose of this study is determine the effect of spirituality education based on religious aprouch, on psychological well-beingand resilience in Sabzevar Women's Basij Society. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest type and unequal control group. 40 subjects from statistical population of this study were selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups that have 20 members. Then, both groups were pre-tested. The experimental group received Spirituality intervention in 8 sessions of 75 minutes,one session ineach week, while the control group dont received any intervention. After the completion of the program, both groups were post-tested. The tools used include Ryff'sPsychological well-being Scale (1980)And the Connor- Davidson Resilience Scale (2003). The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate covariance analysis) using SPSS version 22 software. The results showed that spirituality education based on religious aprouch had a positive and significant effect on psychological well-being and its components and resiliency in Sabzevar Women's Basij Society (P <0.001).

Keywords: : Spirituality, Psychological well being , Resilience