A comparison study of hardiness and mental health in the levels of religiosity among the teachers in Khoy

The purpose of this research was to investigate the extent of mental health and hardiness in different levels of religiosity among the teachers in Khoy township. The sample included 350 primary, guidance and high schools teachers (178 male and 172 female). The research method was causal-comparative, and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Kubasa’s Personal Views Survey, and Golzari’s Ma’bad questionnaire were used for gathering data. The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance and two-way analysis of variance. The results showed that the hardiness and its components (except for the challenge) are different among levels of religiosity. People with high level of religiosity had high scores in the control and people with high and moderate levels of religiosity had high scores in the hardiness and commitment component. The extent of mental health and its components (depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms and social disfunction) were different among levels of religiosity. People with high level religiosity had low scores in somatic symptoms, and people with high and moderate levels of religiosity had low scores in depression, anxiety and social dysfunction. The results of this study emphasized the role of religion on mental health and had implications about the role of religion concepts on personal mental health and psychotherapy.