Qualitative study of religious factors involved in the formation of a healthy family on the basis of social-cultural context

Religious factors play an important role in the social-cultural context of the country,and the family's health status is affected by spiritual and religious beliefs andbehaviors. Accordingly, the present study aims to identify religious factors affectinga healthy family. The present study was carried out through qualitative andphenomenological methods. For this purpose, by using theoretical sampling methodand a deep interview during a 12-month period, 13 parents were studied. The datawere collected, recorded, encoded and categorized into main categories. The resultsof the analysis of the encoding of the interviews led to the identification of nine subcategories and two main categories including religious beliefs and religiousconstraints. Religious factors such as religious duties, patience, forgiveness, sharedworldviews, trust, and benevolence have been identified as influential on the healthof family. The results of the research showed that in the healthy family, there arefactors that are influenced by religious factors. These religious factors play a veryimportant role in family health. Therefore, the necessity of paying more attention toreligious factors in addressing families in the social-cultural context of our countryis of essential importance.