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The aim of the current study was to investigate the relation among the concepts of God, psychoticism and somatization in college students of Medical Sciences Universities. To this end, 363 students from Tehran and Iran Medical Sciences Universities were selected by means of proportional stratified sampling. Religious Concept Survey (Gorsuch, 1968) and Psychoticism and Somatization Scales of Symptom CheckList90-Revised (Deragotis, et al., 1973) were administered to the payhcipants. Regression analysis was used to analyze the data. Results indicated that psychoticism and somatization of college students can be predicted from their concept of God. Moreover, data revealed that female students who had a positive concept of God were lower in psychoticism and somatization. However, male college students who perceive God as an eternal entity were less included to show psychotistic symptoms.
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مجلسی، محمدباقر (1403ه. ق). بحارالانوار، بیروت، دارإحیاء الترات العربی، جلد 101، صفحه 192.
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