Relation between parent-child relationships with religious identities in students: The moderating role of gender

The aim of this study was to investigate relation between parental-child relationships and religious identities in students with a gender-moderator role. The present research was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of the study included all students of Tehran universities (68800 students) in 1397-98 that 400 people were selected as a sample using multi-stage cluster sampling method. The tools used in the present study were the National and Social Identity Questionnaire of Solgi et al. (2015), the parent-child relationship questionnaire of Farndi Fine et al. (1983). Hierarchical regression and Z test were used to analyze the data. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-25 software. The results showed that the mean scores of women in relations with father and relations with mother were higher than men and there was a significant correlation between religious identities with relations with father and relations with mother.Predictive variables along with the interaction effect of gender with parent-child relationships explain  12% of the variance of religious identity. In the parent-child relationship with  religious identities, the male gender has played a more moderating role. Thus, it seems that gender can affect the relationship between parent-child relationshipsand religious identities.