The role of cognitive, emotional, and spiritual development in adult psychological well-being

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between different levels of cognitive, emotional, and spiritual development with adult psychological well-being. A sample consisted of 700 adults in ages (20-60 years). Research data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings showed that relativistic thought affects stress, empathy, and emotion regulation difficulties. Dialectical thought has a positive effect on empathy and spiritual well-being. Egocentrism has a positive effect on emotion regulation difficulties and spiritual weakness and a negative impact on Spiritual well-being. Stress has a positive effect on emotion regulation difficulties. Emotion regulation difficulties positively affect spiritual weakness and negatively affect Spiritual well-being. Empathy has a positive effect on spiritual well-being. Spiritual weakness positively affects aggression, depression, and maladaptive hedonism, it negatively affects altruism. Spiritual well-being negatively affects depression and maladaptive hedonism and positively affects resilience, altruism, and gratitude.