the effectiveness of multidimensional spiritual education on happiness and responsibility of male students

Purpose: the aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness of multidimensional spiritual education on happiness and responsibility of male students. methodology: the present study was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. the research population was eighth grade male students of imam reza school of mashhad city in 2017-18 academic years. totally 40 students were selected by a purposive sampling method and randomly assigned into two equal groups (each group 20 students). the experimental group received 10 sessions of 80-minute multidimensional spiritual education and the control group didn't receive training. the research tools were oxford happiness questionnaire and responsibility subscale of california psychological inventory. data were analyzed by independent t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance methods in spss version-21 software. findings: the findings showed that in the pre-test there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of happiness and responsibility (p>0.05), but in the post-test, there was a significant difference between them (p<0.05). then, multidimensional spiritual education led to increasing happiness (f=11.79, p<0.001) and responsibility (f=5.36, p<0.025) in male students. conclusion: the results indicate the effectiveness of multidimensional spiritual education on happiness and responsibility. therefore, it is recommended that counselors and therapists use a multidimensional spiritual education method along with other educational methods to improve psychological characteristics, especially promotion happiness and responsibility.