Correlation Between Spiritual Experiences and Self-care Behaviors in Students With Health Anxiety

Background and Objectives: Health anxiety is one of the crucial concerns of clinical specialists, as it increases the use of psychological, health and medical services. Therefore, the present study to investigate the correlation between spiritual experiences and self-care behaviors in students with health anxiety. Methods: The present descriptive-correlational was conducted on male and female students of Farhangian University of South Khorasan Province, Iran in the summer of 2023. A total of 320 individuals were selected a stratified sampling method (boys and girls). The data collection tools included the daily spiritual experience scale developed by Underwood and Tersi, the self-care scale by Javdan and the health anxiety inventory by Salkovskis et al. SPSS software, version 24 was used for data analysis, employing Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. Results: The results showed a negative and significant relationship between spiritual experiences (r=-0.570, P