The Relationship of Religious Identity Types and Aspects of Religiosity with Student's Psychological Well-being

The main aim of this research is to investigate the structural relations of the types of religious identity and aspects of religiosity with student's psychological well-being. 667 students (including 297 male students and 370 female students) from four colleges of Tabriz University; human sciences college, technical- engineering college, medical sciences college and agriculture college took part in this research. The testees were asked to complete Bell's questionnaire on religious identity, Glack and Stark's questionnaire about aspects of religiosity and Riff's psychological welfare scale. The data which were fixed through multi variable variance analysis test and structural equations modeling (SEM) have been analyzed. The results show that in all variables there is a significant difference between male and female students (p≥0/01). Also the results show that the offered model has particular suitability (p≥0/05). Aspects of religiosity and religious identity types are considered as significant predicted variables in the psychological well-being of the youth. Aspects of religiosity have direct and indirect relationship with psychological well-being.