The Effectiveness of Religion-Based Moral Teachings on Improving the Formation of Religious Identity of Adolescents

The current paper aims at analyzing the effectiveness of religion-based moral teachings on improving the formation of religious identity of adolescents. This semi-experimental study was done in a control group with pre-test post-test. The statistical population includes male students of high school aged 14-17. 30 people were randomly chosen through the method of cluster sampling and were placed in two groups: control and experiment consisting 15 people. Religion identity questionnaires were used to collect the data. The experimental group was subjected to moral teachings. Data collection was done through the method of multivariate covariance analysis. The findings show that moral teachings are effective in improving the formation of prohibited, premature, agitated and successful religious identity; however, it was not effective on stereotype religious identity. Religion-based moral teaching can raise awareness and commitment to the fundamental values of religion and they are effective in forming successful religious identity.