Document Type : Original Article
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Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Quran and Hadith, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Research and Development Institute for Humanities, Organization for Study and Compilation of Academic Textbooks in Islamic Sciences and Humanities, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to predict students' religious orientation shifts based on the family communication pattern model, with narcissism as a mediating factor. The research method was descriptive-correlational, employing a structural equation modeling approach. The statistical population consisted of students at Farhangian University in Tehran in 2022, from which 388 individuals were selected through stratified sampling and responded to scales measuring religious orientation shifts, family communication patterns, and narcissism. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. The findings revealed that narcissism negatively mediates the effect of the conversation-oriented family communication pattern on non-committed non-reflective religious orientation shifts, while positively mediating its effect on committed reflective and committed non-reflective religious orientation shifts. The variables of family communication patterns and narcissism collectively explained 20%, 9%, 14%, and 20% of the variance in committed reflective, committed non-reflective, non-committed reflective, and non-committed non-reflective religious orientation shifts, respectively. It can be concluded that family interactions may explain the type of religious orientation of children and influence their personality.
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