Hopefulness, resiliency and forgiveness as predictors of internal religious orientation among soldiers

Internal, genuine religious orientation is one of the variables influencing health. Hence, the present study aims at investigating the relationship between hopefulness, resiliency and forgiveness with internal, religious orientation among soldiers.
This is a descriptive correlational study. The population includes all the soldiers doing their military service in Tehran. The sample consists of 210 soldiers selected through the availability sampling method. The sample completed the hopefulness, resiliency and forgiveness questionnaires. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics indices and logistic regression.
The results revealed that all three variables, hope, resiliency and forgiveness, can significantly predict religious orientation (p It seems that the challenging, fundamental personality variables have a strong, effective role in the development of internal religious orientation.