A study of relationship between religious attitude and mental health among students of Isfahan Girls' High Schools

Cognitive, personal, and social variables play a vital role in the clarification of relationship between religious attitude and mental health. Yet, this has been rarely considered empirically. Thus, the present research deals with this topic in Isfahan Girls' High Schools. To do this, it was assumed that there is a relationship between religious attitude and mental health of girls at high schools. Methodology used is descriptive. Research sample is composed of 100 girls studying at disciplines "Experimental Sciences", "Humanities" and "Mathematics and Physics". These students were randomly selected from 5 high schools. To collect needed data for analysis, Religious Attitude Test (including 18 3-points questions) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) were applied. In order to analyze data, descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficient along with SPSS software (version 13) were utilized. Findings indicate that there is a relationship between religious attitude and "anxiety and social dysfunction". Also, there is no significant relationship between religious attitude and "somatization and depression". Finally, it was concluded that there is a direct relation between religious attitude and mental health. Further research is needed to study generalizability rate of these findings