The Relationship Between Religious Beliefs, Identity Crisis and Identity Styles among Students

Volume 14, Issue 56
Winter 2014
Pages 35-50

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor of Yazd University

Abstract
This research was done on students with the purpose of investigating the relationship between religious beliefs, identity crisis and identity styles. 330 people have been selected among grade four students of Sirjan secondary schools with cluster sampling and completed Basic Religious Beliefs Questionnaire, Identity Crisis Questionnaire and Identity Style Inventory.
The research method was descriptive-correlation. Data was analyzed with statistical indicators like Pearson correlation and independent-samples t test. Results indicated that there is a negative significant correlation between religious basic beliefs and identity crisis (r= -0/459) and religious beliefs had a significant correlation with all of the identity styles. Identity crisis showed a negative significant correlation with identity commitment (p<0/01, r= -0/433). Female and male students are not different in religious beliefs and identity crisis.

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