Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Women's Research Institute, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran.
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of the current research was to predict religious adherence based on identity styles with the mediating role of family functioning dimensions of female students.
Methods: The method of the present research was structural equation correlation. The research community included all the students of Al-Zahra University studying in 2022-2023, of which 318 were selected by simple random sampling method and using Cochran's formula. To collect data, from questionnaires of religious adherence (Jan Bozorgi, 2009), identity style (Brzezonski, 1992) and measurement of dimensions of family functioning (Sanaei et al., 2018) and to analyze the data, SPSS version 26 software and AMOS 26 software were used.
Results: The direct effect of informational identity styles on family function and religious adherence was not significant (p<0.05), but the direct effect of normative identity style on family function and the direct effect of normative identity style on religious adherence was significant. Also, the direct effect of family functioning on religious adherence was also significant, and religious adherence had an indirect effect through normative, avoidant, and commitment identity styles (P≥0.01). Path analysis also confirmed the mediating role of family functioning dimensions in the relationship between identity styles and religious adherence.
Conclusion: This study showed that the interaction between identity styles and religious adherence is strengthened by the mediating role of the dimensions of family functioning, which indicates the important influence of individual roles in the family and family interactions on religious commitments and adherence to one's religion.
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