Predicting students' mental health based on religious beliefs, educational self-efficacy, and moral growth

The purpose of this study was to predict students' mental health based on religious beliefs, educational self-efficacy, and moral growth. The design of this study was correlational and the population was comprised of all male and female senior high school students in Rasht during the academic year of 2015-2016. From this population, 250 male and female students were selected using multistage sampling. The instruments were academic mental health questionnaire, religious beliefs questionnaire, self-education questionnaire, and moral growth questionnaire. Data analysis was performed through Person's correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The findings showed a positive significant correlation between religious beliefs, educational self-efficacy, and moral growth with mental health. The results of regression analysis also revealed that 31% of the total variance of mental health can be explained by religious beliefs, educational self-efficacy, and moral growth. Hence, it can be concluded that with increases in the level of religious beliefs, educational self-efficacy, and moral growth, mental health increases. On the other hand, religious beliefs, educational self-efficacy, and moral growth are the most important variables in student mental health.