The Relationship of Adherence to Religious Beliefs and Moral Identity with Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Role of Moral Identity

The purpose of this study was specifying the role of adherence to religious beliefs and moral identity with psychological well-being among University students. 300 students of Zanjan University participated in this study. Questionnaires were used in this study including acting to religious beliefs questionnaire, moral identity questionnaire and Scale of psychological well-being (SPWB). For the analysis of test data, Pearson's correlation coefficient, regression analysis, Sobel test and independent T-test were used. The results showed that there was a positive significant relationship between acting to religious beliefs, moral identity with psychological well-being. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that, moral identity partially mediated the influence of acting to religious beliefs on psychological well-being. The findings indicated there are significant differences in male and female students in acting to religious beliefs and moral identity.