A meta-analysis of the relationship between religiosity and political culture in Iran after the Iranian Islamic Revolution

This research has investigated the studies of religiosity and political culture in the Islamic Republic of Iran using a meta-analysis approach. The statistical population of the research includes master's theses, doctorate, and articles related to religiosity and political culture, of which 13 studies were included in the meta-analysis process using a non-random purposeful sampling method. Effect size coefficient was evaluated using CMA2 software. The results have shown that the effect size of religiosity studies with political culture is equal to 0.454, which is interpreted as moderate but upward based on Cohen's criterion. The results of the research have also shown that as time passes since the Islamic Revolution of Iran, the relationship between religiosity and political culture is increasing, which shows the variable importance of religiosity in increasing political culture in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Another result of this research is the moderating role of the geographical area of the research.. Therefore, taking into account the social conditions of the Iranian society and the studies that have been conducted in this field, political culture as a political phenomenon is influenced by various factors, including the religiosity of citizens, so this factor interacts with other factors in the society on the political culture of individuals. Society has an effect.