بررسي اثر آهنگ زيارت كعبه در سلامت عمومي حجاج

THE EFFECTS OF INTENTION FOR PILGRIMAGE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PILGRIMS

This research aims to study the effect of the intention for pilgrimage in the mental health of the pilgrims. One hundred pilgrims (58 males and 42 females) were selected from a group of pilgrims. One week before flying to Mecca and starting the pligrimage, subjects filled out the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) as the pre-test. At the end of the pligrimage, they filled out the GHQ again, in the day before flying back to Iran, as the post-test. Paired t-test analysis revealed that the subjectsʹ total scores on the GHQ, as well as their scores on the Physical Symptoms, Anxiety and Sleeping Problem subscales, were significantly increased in the post test.