Relationship of Dimensions of Religious Orientation with Emotional Stability

One of the issues in the field of relations between religion and mental health and personality factors is attention to a kind of religious orientation that helps to psychological well-being. In This article we try to study the relationship between religious orientation and dimensions of emotional stability in the end of adolescence. The sample included 295 high school students (168 girls and 127 boys) in the City of Qom which were selected Using cluster sampling. All students were studied with both Alport religious orientation and personality questionnaires. Findings showed that there is a meaningful relationship between emotional stability and religious orientation. There is Reverse relation between internal directed religious orientation with emotional instability, and direct relationship between external directed religious orientations with emotional instability. The more is the level of people's internal religious orientation, the lower their emotional stability.