Effectiveness of familiarity with Quran on Reduces Depression in Students

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the holy Quran on decreasing depression in students. This quasi-experimental research is a pre-test and post-test type with a control group. The statistical population in this research was the students of Social Sciences Faculty of Razi University. Out of these students, 22 students were selected by sampling method according to the criteria for entry and exit. The subjects were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The familiarity workshop with Quran was performed in 7 sessions for the experimental group, and at the 8th session, the post-test was taken from both experimental and control groups. The Beck Depression Inventory was a short study and the content of the treatment sessions, which included the Holy Qur'anic verses and the latest research in the field of religious studies. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the Holy Qur'an significantly reduces students' depression; therefore, considering the effectiveness of familiarity to the Holy Qur'an and its relationship with decreasing student depression, it seems that strengthening and improving familiarity the holy Qur'an seems to be a fundamental way of preventing and Improvement of psychological problems, including depression in students.