The Study of the Mediating Role of Self-Control in the Relationship between Religiosity and Happiness

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between religiosity and happiness of students through their self-control.
The research method is correlation. The statistical population of this study is all students residing in Al-Zahra University dormitory, who studied in the academic year 1394-1395, of whom 2345 were among them, of which 300 were randomly selected as sample was selected. The students in this research responded to self-control questionnaire Rafii honar (1390), religiosity questionnaire Khodayarifard (1388), Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (1989). The overall reliability of each questionnaire in this study was 0.92, 0.98 and 0.93, respectively. Validity of the questionnaires has been reported to the optimal level with the help of psychologists and professors. Data analysis was done using Laser software and descriptive and inferential statistics were used .
The results of structural equations showed that the model has good fit and direct effect of religiosity on self-control and the indirect effect of religiosity by self-control on positive and significant happiness and direct effect of religiosity on positive and non-significant happiness.
The results of this study show that self-control is an appropriate intermediary between religiosity and happiness of students, that in any sense, the level of religiosity of student's increases, self-control increases, and it also results in an increase of happiness among them.