The relationship of religious attitude with selfcontrol and selfdiscrepancy in students

Background and Aim: Spiritual attitude is one of the factors affecting mental health of students. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of religious attitudes with selfcontrol and selfdiscrepancy (SD) in students of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences (SKUMS) in 2017. Methods: In this crosssectional study, 328 students of the SKUMS were studied. The participants completed Tangney Selfcontrol Survey, Higgins Selfdiscrepancy Questionnaire, a religious attitude questionnaire, and a checklist of demographic information. For data analysis, in addition to descriptive statistics, independent ttest, Pearson correlation coefficient, and oneway ANOVA were used. Stata software was used to analyze the data. Results: The mean values of religious attitude, selfcontrol, and selfdiscrepancy were higher in women in comparison with men (P lt; 0.05). There was a significant difference between selfcontrol religious beliefs, actualself minus actualself (SD2), and selfdiscrepancy in terms of total monthly income of all family members (P lt; 0.05). Academic discipline was significantly associated with religious attitude, idealself minus actualself (SD1), SD2, and SD (P lt; 0.05), but selfcontrol difference was not significant (P= 0.84). There was a linear relationship, significant correlation of religious attitude with the mean values of selfcontrol, required self, actualself, ideaself, selfdiscrepancy, and SD1 and SD2 (P lt; 0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, religious attitude was associated with selfcontrol, selfdiscrepancy, and their dimensions.