Document Type : Research Article
Authors
1 Member of the faculty of Payame Noor University, Bandar Imam Center
2 Faculty member, Faculty of Education, Science and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
This study examined the philosophical- ideological views of male high school students in Ahvaz regarding praying. The statistical population of this study comprised the third grade high school sinior students. Two samples were used in this study. The first sample consisted of 120 students who were used for construction of a questionnaire. The second sample consisted of 320 students, who were selected randomly and used for identiI’ing the factors. Factor analysis was used for analyzing the data. The results showed that four factors were related to praying behavior of the students. These factors are:
designated as individual- psychological, worshiping-obligational, socio-culturai and salvational.
Keywords
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