Abstract:
Background and Purpose: Despite many valuable researches on religion and health,but the issue of mental health and the ways of presenting religious teachings still need to be studied. One of the possible results of using an improper method in teaching religious beliefs is its impact on psychological health. The aim in this paper is to deal with the role of ways of teaching religious beliefs on psychological health of Babolsar female high school students according to teachers` viewpoint. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive- survey the study subjects were Babolsar girl high school teachers. In this project, we selected 100 teachers by random sampling method based on Morgan table. We collected data in a questionnaire that Cranach’s alpha coefficient was estimated at 0.911. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and regression tests, using SPSS 16 software. Results: research revealed that according to teachers’` viewpoint the methods of teaching religious beliefs (storytelling, reasoning, dramatic and allegorical methods) played a significant role on the mental health of Babolsar female high school students. The statistic disclosed that the ways of teaching has74percentage impact on students`sychological health. Conclusion: The result of the research displays that the promotion of religious teachings in a specific framework can be realized, which if not followed, cannot achieved its aims and may sometimes have opposite results. The test results also indicated the same conclusion.
Machine summary:
The aim of the present study is to investigate teachers' perspectives on the role of religious belief teaching methods on the mental health of lower secondary school students in Babolsar city.
Findings: This research showed that based on teachers' perspectives, religious belief teaching methods (storytelling, reasoning, demonstrative, and allegorical methods) have a positive and significant effect on the mental health of female lower secondary school students in Babolsar city.
Given the importance of mental health and the role of religious teaching methods, the aim of the present research is to examine the relationship between these two issues in the form of a statistical study among students from the perspective of teachers of first-cycle female middle schools in Babolsar county.
In other words, the main question that the present research examines statistically is what effect the methods of teaching religious doctrines have on the mental health of female high school students in Babolsar from the perspective of teachers.
The distinction of the present research from studies conducted in this field is that previous studies have not examined the role of religious belief teaching methods on mental health; rather, they have all focused on the relationship between religion, religious beliefs, and spirituality, or have dealt with purely theoretical discussions regarding the principles and laws related to the teaching of religious doctrines; however, the language of this research is quantitative (statistical), which attempts to measure the subject under discussion quantitatively from the perspective of experienced educators.
5. Discussion The research results showed that from the teachers' perspective, the religious belief teaching method has a 74 percent impact on the mental health of students.
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