Investigating the relationship between parents' religious attitudes and the mental health of female high school students (a case study of Kahrizak students)
Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va Salāmat (i.e., Research on Religion & Health),
Vol. 10 No. 3 (1403),
11 November 2025
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Page 81-93
https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v10i3.43377
Abstract
Background and Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of parents' religious attitudes on the mental health of female high school students. The background of the research shows that female students suffer from more mental distress than boys. However, none of the conducted researches is as comprehensive and inclusive as the present study. Therefore, according to the official religion of the country and also the scope of the audience, the necessity of investigating this issue becomes clear.
Methods: The research population consists of all the female high school students of Kahrizak district (650 people) in the 10th to 12th grades who were studying in the academic year 2021-2022. The size of the statistical sample in this research was 250 students, who were selected by simple random sampling. In this research, the religious attitudes questionnaire and the SCL90 test were used. The SCL90 test was designed in 1973 by a person named Dragotis and his colleagues. To measure the reliability of the nine dimensions of this test, two methods including internal reliability analysis and test-retest reliability were used for reliability analysis. The questionnaire for measuring the religious attitudes of Muslims was adapted by Sirajzadeh to Shia Islam based on the model of Glock and Shark. In this research, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors of the article reported no conflict of interest.
Results: The research results showed a significant relationship between parents' religious attitude and students' depression, anxiety and hostility. According to the analysis of findings, there is a 92% inverse and significant relationship between children's hostility and anxiety scores and parents' religious attitudes. This means that with the reduction of parents' religious attitudes, children's hostility and anxiety increase.
Conclusion: Based on the findings, if correct religious attitudes and belief dimension can be strengthened in the parents of the students, the mental health of the students will increase significantly.
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Mental health
- Religious attitude
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