The Relationship of the Degree of Adherence to Religious Beliefs and Religious Orientation with Happiness among Female Students

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship of adherence to religious beliefs and religious orientation with happiness among female students. To achieve the research purpose, 247 female students were chosen from the public universities in Tehran on the basis of the common sampling method. Every student completed Oxford questionnaire about happiness, religious orientation of Allport and Ross and adherence to the religious beliefs (temple 1). An investigation of the relationship between the variables and Pearson correlation coefficient shows that there is a positive and meaningful relation between happiness and degree of adherence to religious beliefs and all their tests and between happiness and inner religious orientation and that there is a negative and meaningful relation between happiness and outer religious orientation. The multi variate regression analysis based on inter method, shows that the mini tests performing duties has a positive relationship and adherence to religious activities has a negative relationship with happiness. It seems that religion gives meaning to man’s life and directs him towards an agreeable life.