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• TITLE: The Role of Moral Intelligence and Identity Styles in Prediction of Mental Health Problems in Healthcare Students

  AUTHORS: Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Kolsoom Jahanian, Mohamadreza Zarbakhsh, Sirous Salehi, Hajar Pasha

  KEYWORDS: Mental Health Problems; Moral Intelligence; Identity Style

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.6 No.8, March 21, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Background: Assessment of healthcare students’ mental health problems is an important aspect of health promotion. This study examined the roles of moral intelligence (MI) and identity styles in prediction of mental health problems in healthcare students. Methods: In a correlation study, two hundred healthcare students (100 girls, 100 boys) of Medicine, Density, and Paramedicine Colleges of Bobol University of Medical Sciences were selected. The subjects filled out three questionnaires; General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Moral Competency Inventory (MCI), and Identity Style Inventory (ISI), and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). Pearson correlation, multivariate analysis variance model (MANOVA), and multivariate regression used to analyze the data. Results: Boys and girls did not have a meaningful difference in the mean of total GHQ, MCI, normative and informational identity. Girls had significantly higher mean level of diffused-avoidant identity than boys. There was a positive and significant relationship between moral intelligence, normative identity and mental health problems of students. Also, there was a negative relationship (p