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01-02-2015 | Original Paper

Correlation of Parents’ Religious Behavior with Family’s Emotional Relations and Students’ Self-actualization

Authors: Fatemah Poorsheikhali, Hamid Reza Alavi

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

The main goal of this research is to study the relationship between parents’ religious behavior, emotional relations inside family, and self-actualization of male and female high school students of district 2 in Kerman city. Research method is descriptive and of correlative type. Questionnaires of parent’s religious behavior, emotional relations inside family, and students’ self-actualization were used in the research. After collecting questionnaires, data were analyzed by SPSS, MINITAB, and EXCEL software. The sample volume in the research has been 309 students and their parents, and the sampling method was in the form of classification and then in the form of cluster in two stages. 1.29 % of students had a low self-actualization, 17.15 % had average, and 81.55 % of them had high self-actualization. Also the results showed that 9.4 % of emotional relations in families were undesirable, 55.3 % were relatively desirable, and 35.3 % were desirable. Moreover, 2.27 % of parents’ religious behavior was inappropriate, 29.13 % was relatively appropriate, and 68.61 % was appropriate. The main results of the research are as follows: (1) There is a significant positive correlation between parents’ religious behavior and emotional relations inside students’ family. (2) There is not any significant correlational between parents’ religious behavior and students’ self-actualization. (3) There is a significant positive correlation between emotional relations inside family and students’ self-actualization.

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Title: Correlation of Parents’ Religious Behavior with Family’s Emotional Relations and Students’ Self-actualization
Authors: Fatemah Poorsheikhali
Hamid Reza Alavi
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-013-9809-8

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