An analysis of the Relationship between National Identity and religiosity in transitional regions (Case Study: Yasouj University Students)

The present article aimed at analyzing and evaluating the relationship between religiosity national identities of the students of Yasouj University. To do this, we combined Giddens’ identity theory, Cooley’s looking- glass self-theory and Stryker’s identity theory to create the theoretical framework. Besides, 400 students were selected from Yasouj University students as our sample using the multi-stage random sampling method. To gather the data, we applied a self-constructed questionnaire consisting 48 questions. The questionnaire’s validity was assessed by some experts and its reliability was measured by Cronbach’s alpha. The degree of reliability of national identity and religiosity were 0/888 and 0/939 respectively . The findings demonstrated that there was a significant direct relationship between students’ national identity and their religiosity; but there was not any significant difference between the level of respondents’ religiosity and their age, education, and place residence. It is important to note that the independent variables could explain 27 percent of the variance the dependent variable. In addition, there was no conflict between their religiosity and national identity.