Investigating the role of practicing religious beliefs in predicting coronary heart disease anxiety in students

Eisa Jafari¹ Shabnam Derakhshan² Ali Salmani³

1) Associate professor of psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2) Bachelor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
3) Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University.

IOI Code : XDDD-FAEFB
Publication : 2th National Conference on Psychopathology(asruma.ir)
Abstract :
    Religion and faith are important aspects of human experience. Therefore, it is important to address the role of religious beliefs in health anxiety. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the practice of religious beliefs in predicting coronary anxiety in students in Ardabil. The research method was descriptive-correlation and its statistical population included all students in 1399 who were studying at Payame Noor University of Ardabil and the sample size of 130 people was selected by available sampling. To collect data Golzari Religious Beliefs Questionnaire and Corona Anxiety Questionnaire were used. Pearson correlation analysis and multivariate regression were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between practicing religious beliefs and coronary anxiety (P <0.05). The results of regression analysis also showed that the predictors of practice of religious beliefs and practice of religious duties can predict coronary anxiety in students. In summary, from the results of this study, it can be inferred that the practice of students religious beliefs has a significant relationship with coronary anxiety.

Keywords : practice of religious beliefs coronary anxiety students