A Comparative Study on Kennedy's and Suhrawardi's Philosophical Approaches to the Prevention and Treatment of Worldly Sorrow; a Causal Model of the Relationship among Religion, Psychological Hardiness, Worldism, and Problem-Solving among Soldiers

This research aimed to study a causal model of the relationship among religion, psychological hardiness, worldism, and problem-solving among soldiers. 110 soldiers with different service years were selected by the simple random sampling among the population (soldiers of the Fourth Base of Air-Force in the city of Isfahan) and responded to worldism questionnaire (MASAD), Ahvaz Hardiness Inventory (AHI), Khodayarifard's religiosity questionnaire, and Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised (SPSI-R). The findings showed that a) religion directly affects problem-solving; b) religion also influences problem-solving by increasing hardiness and decreasing worldism. As a result, religion has an important role in facing life stresses and it can adjust the effects of severe crises in life