Religious attitude,self-esteem,and locus of control

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Mohammad Majdian ¹ , Seyed-Hossein Salimi ² , Mohammad Bagher Hobbi ³ , Alireza Moradi ⁴

1 - PhD Candidate Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences
2 - PhD Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences
3 - PhD Emam Hossein (A.S) University
4 - PhD Tarbiat Moalem University

Received: 2015-06-05 Accepted : 2015-06-05 Published : 2009-12-22

Keywords: self-esteem, Religious Attitude, Internal Locus of Control,

Abstract :

The relationship between self-esteem, locus of control, and religious attitude was studied. A sample of 181 female and 175 male university students (19.5 years old on average) responded to the Religious Attitude Scale (Khodayarifard, 1999), Levenson Locus of Control Inventory (Levenson, 1972), and the Self-esteem Inventory (Cooper-Smith, 1967). Pearson’s correlation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation among the religious attitudes, internal locus of control and self-esteem. Step by step regression analysis revealed that the internal locus of control and self-esteem respectively accounted for 31% and 4% of the variance in the religious attitude.