Survey of Religious and National Identity of Youths in Tehran; with Emphasize on Family Influence

The question of national and religious identity of youths has a very high significance due to their large population and their role in the future of the country. Since the young generation take their models from their parents, the family counts as an influential factor in this matter. The purpose of this article is to survey the level of religious and national identity of the sample, and its relation with the respect to the training performances of the parents, in addition to their intimate relationship.This research has the symbolic interaction approach, while by using the technique of questionnaire, regarding the religious and national identity, 390 young people in Tehran of aged between18-25 were studied. The mentioned identities was then related to their individual and family characteristics; finally leading to the following results;In families which the parents highly respect and adhere to their national and religious identities, their young ones also enjoyed a stronger religious and national identity as well. The parent’s role in the field of educating and instructing the youth in both the national and religious dimensions has a direct and positive relation with their religious and national identity. There is a negative and inverse relation between the living region and the youth’s national and religious identity. The religious identity decreases as age increases, while there is also a negative and diverse relation between academic education with national and religious identity.