Religious Attitude and General Health and Patience in Students of Ahvaz Islamic Azad University

The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between religious attitude with general health and patience in university students. This descriptive study involved 400 B.A. students at Ahvaz Islamic Azad University in the academic year of 2001-2002. The participants were selected by simple random sampling. The subjects filled out the Questionnaire of Religiosity Assessment, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Patience Questionnaire. Pearson correlation and multiple correlation coefficients were used for the data analysis. The results showed that the religious attitude had a negative correlation with disturbance of general health and a positive correlation with patience. Regression analysis showed that among the four different aspects of religiosity, faithfulness and ceremonial aspects were best predicators for general health and the ceremonial aspect was the best predicator for patience. There was a significant relationship between religious attitude and general health and patience.