From God-awareness to Self-control; The Test of a Model through the Path Analysis

Document Type : Scientific extension

Authors

1 MA in Psychology, UAE, Qom, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Psychology, IKI, Qom, Iran

3 PhD Student of Psychology, IKI, Qom, Iran

Abstract

The present research aims at identifying the relationship and the model of causal relation between God-awareness and self-control with intermediating role of self-awareness and self-respect among men and women. The research method is descriptive and of correlation type. The path analysis method was used to analyze the data of four scales of God-awareness, self-control, consistent self-knowledge, and self-respect. The scales were tested on 322 university students in Jame’a al-Zahra and Jame’a al-Mustafa, selected through cluster sampling method. The findings show a meaningful positive relationship between God awareness and self-control with the intermediating role of self-awareness and self-respect. Thus, the effect of self-awareness and mentioning God in self-control is explainable through the processes of self-awareness and self-respect.

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