The Relationship of Religiousness and Social Support with Life Satisfaction among University Students

Subject Areas : Educational

Behjat Parpoochi ¹ , Majid Ahmadi ² , Faramarz Sohrabi ³

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Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2013-12-22

Keywords: life satisfaction, social support, religiousness,

Abstract :

The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship of religiousness and social support with life satisfaction among university students. The type of research was correlation the statistical population      consisted of all humanities college students in Tehran's Azad University, Science and Research Unit,in the spring of 2012(1391s.c.). To this end, 193 of female and male students (107 girls & 86 boys) were selected through random cluster sampling. After eliminating the  incomplete questionnaires, the sample consisted students of 151(66 boys and 85girls). Data collection tools were Religiousness Questionnaire ( Azarbayjanee Questionnaire ,2003), the Social Support Questionnaire ( Smith and et al., 1988), and Life Satisfaction ( Diner & et al., 1990).   The results of  multiple regression analysis ,by the method of Enter and stepwise regression,  revealed that social support had a positive effect on life satisfaction (p < 0.01) and  religiousness had a positive effect  on life satisfaction (p < 0.01).  Social support was a stronger predictor of religiousness regarding life satisfaction among university students. Based on the findings, it can be said that social support can play an important role in life satisfaction of university students.