Relationship of adherence to prayer and mental health at Iran Khodro Co employees in west of Tehran (2010)

Background & Religious teachings indicate that adherence to prayer is the best way to provide mental health and the research confirms the fact. This study investigated the relationship adherence to prayer and mental health at Iran Khodro Co employees in west of Tehran. In this study, 205 people at Iran Khodro Co employees in west of Tehran in 2010 were evaluated. The instruments were a general information questionnaire, adherence to prayer researcher-made questionnaire and a general health questionnaire. For evaluation and data analysis methods, statistical descriptive and inferential were used. The results showed that there is negative correlation between the adherence to prayer and mental health significant this hypothesis at the level of less than p<0.001 and r=-0.367; between adherence to prayer with the somatic symptoms (p<0.005 and r=-0/338); between adherence to prayer and anxiety and insomnia (p<0.001 and r=-0.311); between adherence to prayer and social dysfunction (p<0.001 and r=-0/287) and between adherence to prayer and depression (p<0.001 and r=-0.340) was a significant relationship. The results also showed that the rate and amount of adherence to prayer and mental health is equal between married and singles. Education was not effective to the adherence to prayer while it was effective on mental health. The results also showed that years of service has no effect to adherence of prayer and mental health. Based on the findings of this study concluded that adherence to prayer can n ot predict the extent of mental health. So custodians of culture can help to psychological health by extend the religious belief and act to prayer in the studied social and other similar society.