The role of Spiritual Experiences in the Psychological Hardiness of Nurses with the Mediation of Mindfulness

Psychological toughness is described as one of the most important health potentials in theoretical and research bases, so the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of mindfulness in the relationship between spiritual experiences and psychological hardiness of nurses.

The present research was a Cross-sectional analysis type of path analysis. The research community included all the nurses of Birjand city in the second six months of 2023, of which 280 people were selected Stratified random sampling method (male and female). The data collection tools were spiritual experiences questionnaires by Underwood and Tersi (2002), mindfulness by Chadwick et al. (2008) and psychological hardiness by Kiamerei et al. SPSS version 22 and Amos software were used for data analysis.

Bentayj showed that spiritual experiences have a direct positive effect on mindfulness (p < 0.01, β = 0.592). Spiritual experiences have an effect on psychological hardiness both directly (p<0.01, β=0.198) and through the mediation of mindfulness (p<0.01, β=0.224). Mindfulness has a direct positive effect on psychological hardiness (p<0.01, β=0.379).

According to the results of this research, it is suggested to pay more attention to improving spiritual experiences and mindfulness in order to improve the psychological hardiness of nurses.