M.A. Thesis:

The relationship between the degree of commitment to the prayer hypothesis with death anxiety and spiritual intelligence in students of religious sciences in Sabzevar city

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the degree of commitment to prayer with anxiety about death and spiritual intelligence in students of religious sciences in Sabzevar city. The research method is descriptive-correlational. Based on this، 148 students of religious sciences in Sabzevar city were selected in the period of 98-99 with cluster sampling method، and questionnaires of commitment to worship (Anisi et al.، 2010); Anxiety about Templer's death and spiritual intelligence (Badie et al.، 2010) were distributed among them. Data were analyzed and analyzed simultaneously in Spss-23 software using Pearson correlation tests and simple and multiple linear regression. The results showed that Commitment to the prayer duty predicts death anxiety. Thus، if the obligation to pray increases by as much as one unit، this change will reduce death anxiety scores by 0.957. Also، The variable of adherence to the duty of prayer can also predict spiritual intelligence. That is، if the obligation to pray increases by one unit، this change increases the score of spiritual intelligence by 0.708.

Keywords: : Commitment to prayer، spiritual intelligence، death anxiety، Students of religious sciences.