Mediating role of Critical Thinking in relation between Spirituality and Mental Health

The aim of the present study was to determine the mediating role of critical thinking in the relationship between spirituality and mental health. The research design was correlation of path analysis type. First, the correlation between the variables was investigated and then the path analysis test was conducted to investigate the mediating role. 205 master's students of Valiasr University Complex participated in this accessible research in the academic year 2018-2019. Critical thinking skills tests of California form (B), spirituality questionnaire and general health questionnaire were used. Correlation between the result of mental health questionnaire with critical thinking (r= -0.158 and P<0.05) and self-awareness subscales (r= -0.510 and P<0.001), the importance of spiritual beliefs in life ( r= -0.419 and P<0.001), spiritual activities (r= -0.498 and P<0.001) and spiritual needs (r= -0.260 and P<0.001) from spirituality showed a significant relationship. In the results of path analysis, the mediating role of critical thinking in the relationship between spirituality and mental health was confirmed. The difference between the sub-scales of spirituality shows that among the types of spirituality, cases in which the two sub-scales of self-awareness and the importance of spiritual beliefs in life play a greater role with thinking and specifically critical thinking can be effective on mental health, which shows It is the difference between different spiritualities in mental health.