Journal of Islamic Psychology

Journal of Islamic Psychology

The Entitiology of Religiousness among High School Students: A Formative Study

Document Type : Scientific-research article

Authors
Farhad khormaei 1
Maryam Nazari 2
Maryam Ensaf 2
Mahta Farnoodi 2
Seyed Mehdi Poorseyed 3
1 Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty if Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2 Masters in Educational Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty if Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
3 Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology and Counseling Education, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/psy.2026.51913.1467
Abstract
This research attempted to explore the Entitiology of religiousness among High school students. The methodology employed in this study was formative semi-empirical through descriptive-Inferntial Entity-graphy. The participants in this research comprised 22 high school students from Shiraz City, selected through norm sampling to represent varying levels of explicit, normal, and usual indicators of religiousness. Through tactful interviews and directed content analysis aimed at identifying, categorizing, describing, and defining indicators of religiousness within this age group, the findings delineated 32 descriptive indicators encapsulating the entity of adolescent religiousness in this developmental phase. Among these indicators, components such as ethics and humanity, fulfillment of duties and avoidance of prohibitions, guidance, steadfastness in beliefs, and purposefulness exhibited greater clarity and emergence. The manifestation of these indicators as components of an adolescent religiousness entity implies significant implications for formative cognition and transformation of religiousness in this age group, as well as the religious upbringing of adolescents.
Keywords
Formative Entitiology
Religiousness
Life style
Ethics and Humanity
Fulfillment of Duties
Avoidance of Prohibitions
Subjects
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Journal of Islamic Psychology
Volume 12, Issue 24 - Serial Number 24
September 2026
Pages 57-82