Religious Beliefs and Resilience in Academic Students

In many studies the positive effects of function based on religious beliefs on many variables were found. On the other hand, studies about resilience, related this variable to other psychological constructs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between function based on religious beliefs and resilience in academic students. For this purpose a sample of 160 (80 female and 80 male) students were selected through the cluster sampling method and completed two Mabade 2 (Gholzari, 2002) and Resilience (Conner and Davidson, 2003). Data were analyzed by correlation and linear regression methods. Results indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between function based on religious beliefs and resilience in academic students (P<0.01). Also it will be could score of resilience could be predict by function based on religious beliefs (P<0.01). These results suggest that function based on religious beliefs related with resilience and could be as predictor variables of resilience. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.