Investigating the Role of Identity Styles and Religious Beliefs in Explaining Wisdom Structure

The aim of present study is to investigate the role of identity styles and religious beliefs in explaining wisdom structure. Method of the present study is descriptive and correlational. Participants in this study were 200 adults with mean age of 37 in governmental and private section (100 males and 100 females). The measure of religious beliefs, identity styles inventory and scale of wisdom test were used as research tools. The results showed the identity styles explain 8 percent of wisdom variance. There are significant correlation between informational Identity Styles and wisdom and cognitive dimension, also reflective dimension had a correlation with informational and normative identity styles and religious participation dimension. The findings also showed significant correlations between affective wisdom dimension and all aspects of religious beliefs.