Comparison of image of God among four groups of seminaries, university students, teachers, and the self-employed
Authors
1 PhD student in psychology, Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute, Qom, Iran
2 Masters in Psychology. Payame Noor University, Kish International Branch, Kish, Iran
Abstract
The image of God is one of the important subjects in the filed of psychology of religion that affect various aspects of people’s personal and social life. The purpose of this study was to compare the construct of the image of God among four groups of seminaries, university students, teachers and the self-employed. Research method was descriptive - comparative and the statistical population of this study consists of the seminaries, students of Scientific and Applied University, teachers of Ministry of Education, and the self-employed, which was sampled by stratified random sampling. In order to collect data the image of God based on divine names questionnaire was used. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with SPSS software version 26. The findings showed that there are is differences in the image of God among the four groups. Also, the image of God is higher in married people than single people and this difference is significant. In men and women, there was no significant difference. Older age groups have a higher image of God and this difference is significant. The image of God has a significant difference at different levels of education.
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