The role of religion in the mental health of the university student

Abstract

This study dealt with religious and their relationship to mental health, as it focused on the variable of religiosity as an element of the cultural elements that contribute to building personality. Islamic University of Tlemcen and an attempt to study the differences between them, as well as the study of the difference between them in the variable religious. The size of the studied sample was 100 students, including 60 students from the Department of Psychology and 40 students from the Department of Islamic Law. The following tools were used: (Youth Mental Health Scale, and Religious Scale).

The study resulted in the following results:

• There is a statistically significant correlation between religious practices and mental health.


• There are no statistically significant differences between students of the Department of Psychology and students of Islamic law in terms of mental health.


• There are statistically significant differences between students of the Department of Psychology and students of Islamic law in terms of religious practices.


• The study also reached the following conclusions: Emphasis in the educational process on the development of religious and moral trends through the various institutions of socialization.

The process of guiding and treating individual disorders should take into account all aspects of personality, including religious and cultural values ​​because of their importance in the process of psychological and social adjustment