The effect religiosity on quality of life through the mediation of the variable of participation and social trust (Case study of Pardisan region of Qom in 2016-2017)

Quality life and the need to pay attention to it, one of the main issues is how to study biosociality. The impact of various economic factors, the quality of social and cultural relations have been able to affect the quality of life, in the meantime, religiosity is considered as one of the influential sources in the quality of life. The aim of current study was to investigate the effect of religiosity on the quality of life of citizens of Pardisan region of Qom through mediators of trust and social participation.This research was conducted by using survey method and questionnaire. The statistical population of this study included all urban households of Pardisan Qom with 200,000 people. The sampling method was performed in a multi-stage cluster method among 384 urban households and the data of the questionnaires were analyzed in SPSS24 and AMOS24 statistical softwares.The results of structural equation modeling showed the effect of religiosity on social participation equal to 0.47, on social trust equal to 0.18, social participation on quality of life equal to 0.29, social trust on quality of life equal to 0.55, the effect of religiosity through mediation, if social participation on quality of life is estimated at 0.14, and through social trust at 0.099. Therefore, research hypotheses except for the direct impact of religiosity on quality of life have been confirmed.