RELATIONSHIP OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WITH GENERAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE IN STUDENTS OF ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITIES IN WEST MAZANDARAN PROVINCE

Abstract

The main objective of study is to investigate the relationship of religious beliefs with general health and resilience in student of Islamic Azad Universities in West Mazandaran Province. Research method is descriptive from type of correlation. The Statistical population (16,686 students) include all undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University in West Mazandaran province (Iran) that are studying in the second semester of the academic year 2012-2013 and higher. Sample size is determined 375 students according to population size and using Morgan table. Sampling method of this study is stratified random. Tools of data collection are three questionnaires: 1- religious beliefs questionnaire for Golzari (2008), 2 general health questionnaire of Goldberg & Hiller and 3- Psychological resilience questionnaire of Klahnen (1996). To analyze the data obtained is used tests of canonical correlation, multiple regression analysis (stepwise model) and Pearson correlation coefficient.
Research findings showed that:
- There is a significant relationship of religious beliefs with students' general health and resilience.
- There is a significant relationship between religious beliefs and students' general health.
- There is positive significant relationship of religious beliefs with students' resilience and variables (imamate and monotheism) as the most effective predictors of student resilience can predict respectively 35.1 and 16.1 of students' resilience changes.