The Relationship between God-Awareness and Self- Awareness

The present paper aims at investigating the relationship between God-awareness and self-awareness and elaborating on the role of God-awareness in self-awareness. The research method is correlative and retrogressive. 225 individuals were selected through random cluster sampling. The data were analyzed by God-awareness test and integrative self-knowledge scale which have necessary validity and reliability, as well as Pearson correlation, regression and other statistical indexes.The research findings showed that there was a significant positive relationship between God-awareness and self-awareness and that God-awareness has a predictive role in self-awareness. These findings also indicate an important dimension of religiousness in expounding how it influences psychological functions. An increase in God-awareness will result in an increase in self-awareness. Furthermore, an increase in the knowledge and awareness of science of religion and religious commitment will result in an increase in God-awareness and self-awareness. Therefore, God-awareness as the fundamental factor of unity at the top of man's psychological organization exerts influence on the process of self-awareness in better functioning of "self", integrity and unity of personality and other psychological functions.