Religiosity and family sociocultural background in high school students of Iran

The main objective of this study is to determine correlation between student's religiosity and family sociocultural background.

The sample comprised 216 (102 males and 114 females) subjects from 8^th and 9^th grade in high schools in Iran. Family sociocultural background questionnaire and Muslim religiosity-personality inventory (MRPI- Krauss et al. 2006) carried out on the student's group sample. The effects of gender on religiosity and family sociocultural background were also examined and Pearson correlation analysis and two independent sample T test were used to analyze the data.

The results have revealed that the level of religiosity is significantly correlated with family sociocultural background. Moreover it was found that there is significant gender difference in religiosity, whereas there is no significant difference between family sociocultural backgrounds.