Investigating the Relationship between Islamic Lifestyle, Identity Crisis and General Health in Adolescents

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between Islamic lifestyle, the degree of identity crisis and general health in adolescents in Tabriz. For this purpose, a sample of 200 people was selected by multi-stage random cluster sampling from all third grade high school students in Tabriz city in 1992-93. Data were gathered using Kaviyani’s Islamic Lifestyle Questionnaire, Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire and Ahmadi’s Identity Crisis Questionnaire. The gathered data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient and regression. The results of this study indicate that there is a meangfully opposite relationship between the Islamic lifestyle, identity crisis and the presence of syndromes in adolescents. Also, the results of multivariate regression analysis showed that Islamic lifestyle can explain the degree of identity crisis and general health in adolescents.