Studying the relationship between Mental health, Spirituality and religion in female students of Tehran Azad University: south Branch

The goal of this study is studying the relationship between Mental Health, spirituality, and religion in female students of Tehran Azad University south Branch. The research population is 200 female students selected by Random sampling method. The tools used in this research are theology questionnaire and Mental Health by Chung and Spears (1994). The validity of questionnaire was determined by the comments of experts and instructors. For the reliability of tools, first it was performed in a small group and then reliability coefficient was measured by Chronbakh Alpha and it was 0.81. Collecting data was analyzed by SPSS software and statistical ways including correlation and a multiple regression. Findings indicated that there was a relationship between religiousness and spirituality. The multiple regression result also indicated belief aspect and customs and religiousness have the most roles in identifying Mental health. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.