An Analysis of the Juvenile and Youth Felons' Mental Picture of God

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The research analyzes the mental picture of God in juvenile and youth felons. The research method is descriptive and the statistical population includes all juvenile and youth felons between the age of 15 and 20, who resided in Isfahan jail in years 1386-87. By simple random sampling, 66 students were picked and studied. The researcher designed a 21-qestion questionnaire with a validity of 0.86. The data was studied by the t-test statistical method. The resulting average of the three factors God's existence, God's knowledge, God's invisibility was greater than the assumed average. On the other hand, the resulting average of the four factors God's power, God's justice, loving God, and God's reward was lower than the assumed average

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