Religious Orientation (Virtual and Intrinsic) and Its Relationship to Mental Health and Performance among Clinical Counselors

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Qassim University, KSA.

Abstract

This study aimed to identify of the relationships between counselor's religious orientation and his mental health and counseling performance. The sample consisted of (225) counselors (113 male & 122 female) In a number of different Corona hospitals in Egypt, The researcher used the following scales:  religious orientation (extrinsic & intrinsic), mental health, and the functions of the student counselor in Corona hospitals. The results showed that there was a positive correlation statistically significant between the intrinsic religious orientation and both mental health and the roles of the counselor in Corona hospitals related to the five dimensions (social, health, behavioral, Psychological, vocational). Whereas, there was a negative correlation statistically significant between the extrinsic religious orientation and mental health of the counselor. On the contrary, there was a positive correlation between the extrinsic religious orientation and his roles at schools related to the five dimensions (social, professional, gathering information). Additionally, the results showed that the intrinsic religious orientation contributed positively in predicting mental health and roles of the counselor in Corona hospitals related to the five dimensions ( social, health, behavioral, Psychological, vocational), whereas extrinsic religious orientation contributing  negatively in predicting his role in Corona hospitals related to the dimension of the gathering information. In addition, the results showed that there was no statistically significant differences between male and female counselors related to religious orientation (extrinsic & intrinsic) and in some of their  roles related to health, Psychological, and professional dimensions, whereas there were differences between them in some of their roles related to social and behavioral and gathering information dimensions. There were no statistically significant differences among counselors in religious orientation (extrinsic & intrinsic), and mental health related to age, experience. 

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