Relationship between Religious Identity and Mental Health among Azad University Students

	Relationship between Religious Identity and Mental Health among Azad University Students
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Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 1, April 2006, Pages 89-106 PDF (161.36 K)
DOI: 10.22051/psy.2006.1680
Abstract
Study of religions history has shown that belief in God is effective in treatment of psychological disorders, also security, and peace in mind and preventing from anxiety and consequent disorder. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between religious identity and mental health. 500 students, boys and girls between 20 to 30, randomly selected from different faculties of Islamic Azad University (Tehran South Branch). The samples were tested by two questionnaires: Religious Identity, and Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The obtained results show that: There was a relationship between Religious Identity and mental health. Those students, who had “Achievement identity”, had successful social interaction, and suffered less from anxiety and depression. Those who had “diffused and moratorium Identity” suffered more from anxiety and depression and their social interaction was unsuccessful. On the other hand those who have “foreclosure identity”, were not face to such psychological problem in this research
Keywords
Mental Health; Achievement Identity; Foreclosure; Identity; Diffusion Identity; Moratorium

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