The Relationship of Religious Commitment and Identity Styles with Family Efficiency

Document Type : Scientific extension

Authors

1 MA of Consultation and Guidance/ University of Ethics and Education, Qom, Iran

2 Assistant Psychology, Al-Mustafa International Universty, Qom, Iran

3 assistant professor, the Department of Counseling, Islamic Maaref University, Qom, Iran

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating the relationship of religious commitment and identity styles with family efficiency. It was of descriptive type and was conducted through a correlational method. The statistical population was composed of all male and female seminary students and university students in Islamic Azad University in Qom. For the research sample, 388 subjects were selected. The participants presented some of the demographic specifications, and answered the following questions: JRAQ, ISI-6G, and SFEQI. The findings show that family efficiency is positively correlated with religious commitment and informational identity styles and is negatively correlated with religious non-commitment and dualism. The results of regression analysis showed that religious commitment and dualism as well as informational identity style is able to predict family efficiency.

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