Relation of Islamic Lifestyle with Ethical Identity and Self-control among Adolescents

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabi University

2 MA (Quranic Sciences and Tradition), Faculty of Usul-al Din, Tehran

3 MA (Educational Administration), Islamshahr Azad University

4 MA (Educational Psychology), Al-Zahra University, Tehran

Abstract

The present study focuses on the relation of Islamic lifestyle with ethical identity and self-control among the adolescents through descriptive and causal method. The statistical population of this research included all students of grades 2 and 3 intermediate school of the City of Tehran during the academic year 2014-15. The sample consisted of 380 students selected through stratified random cluster sampling method. The data was collected through Islamic Lifestyle, Ethical Identity and Self-Control Questionnaires. The data was analyzed through employing descriptive statistical techniques, correlation coefficient and regression. The results show that there is a positive significant relationship between Islamic lifestyle and ethical identity and self-control among the adolescents. Also the multiple regression analysis showed that Islamic lifestyle and some of its indexes can explain the variance of ethical identity and self-control among the adolescents.

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