Investigating the Moderating Role of Religious Adherence on the Relationship of the early Maladaptive Psychological Bases and Irrational Beliefs

Using the correlation method this paper seeks to study the moderating role of adherence to religious beliefs on the relationship of the first maladaptive psychological bases and irrational beliefs. The statistical society of this study is married individuals in the province of Semnan. Using multi-stage random sampling 782 people was selected from the whole population. This survey uses Pearson correlation methods and Z Fisher test to analyze the data. The findings prove the moderating role of adherence to religious beliefs, that is, religious adherence significantly enhances the relationship between the early maladaptive psychological bases and the irrational beliefs.