2016
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v12n11p23
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Examining the Relationship between Religiosity with Anxiety of Mothers and Number of Children

Abstract: This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between religiosity with parental anxiety and number of children. The population included the women of Alborz province and Tehran province (the first group included the parents with one child and the second included parents with two children and more) that among them 384 people were selected as the sample by probability (random) sampling method. The research tools were religiosity questionnaire of Khodayarifard et al. (2008) and Spielberger (1970) Stat… Show more

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“…The spread of Islamic culture and virtue of childbearing, modification of values and formation of correct attitudes toward childbearing are very important [ 30 ]. Education of religious and religiosity issues reduces individualism and secularism and increases attention to family values [ 42 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The spread of Islamic culture and virtue of childbearing, modification of values and formation of correct attitudes toward childbearing are very important [ 30 ]. Education of religious and religiosity issues reduces individualism and secularism and increases attention to family values [ 42 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…That is, the more modern attitude the individual has toward the gender role, the smaller the number of children is and the more negative the attitude toward having a child will be. [ 31 ] In this regard, another study indicated that individuals who seek gender equality have less motivation for fertility. [ 32 ] As an explanation, it can be said that individuals who hold fewer traditional attitudes toward the gender role are more engaged with outside home activities; consequently, they have fewer children and prefer to give birth to children later in life.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The validity of this test, in order to reach a meaningful result, the mean anxiety for the standard and normal community was compared at 1% and 5% across all age groups, indicating the validity of the measurement of anxiety. The reliability of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory has been calculated to be 0.90 and 0.86 in the studies by Roohy et al ( 20 ) and Safara et al, ( 21 ) respectively. In addition, its reliability and validity in the Iranian society cardiac patients was confirmed via the study of Akbarzade et al .…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%