Prayers and Identity Styles among Kermanshah Medical Sciences University Students

The aim of the present article is to analyze the differences between identity styles among prayerful university students and none prayerful students. The method of the paper is descriptive, comparative research and statistical community includes all Kermanshah medical sciences university students: 116 persons (61 boys, 55 girls) who are selected simple random. in order to analyze the data t-test and SPSS 16 are used for two independent groups. The results of the study indicate a significant difference between identity styles of prayerful students and none prayerful students. Most average of identity styles of prayerful students is related to the identity-information style and norm identity style. Most average of identity styles of none prayerful students are related to the avoiding/confused identity style. There is also a significant difference in information identity style and norm identity style between girls and boys and the average number of the two styles is more in girls comparing to boys. The authors of the survey conclude a significant relationship between student's identity styles and prayers. There is also a significant difference between two genders.