The Effect of Religious Commitment on Psychological Security: The Case of Female Students at Irbid University College

Abstract

Both a 75-items and a 30-items scales were used to uncover the relationship between religious commitment and psychological security among a sample of (156) female students in Irbid University College. Answers revealed that female students are religiously committed as they are psychologically secure. The study has found out that academic average, and income influence the degree of religious commitment of sample, but not their psychological security. Meanwhile, the study proved that parents’ religiosity and relationship influence their daughters’ religious commitment and psychological security. In this retrospect, the study suggests to conduct further research that tackle the behavioural (treatment) aspect of religion on students, and father-child relationship, and psychological security.

The Muslim’s meaning of life: How religious commitment and attachment to God influenced it?

“…Other research describes three dimensions of religious commitment, namely the ideational dimension, which refers to the content of beliefs; the communal dimension, which refers to the relations between humans in their group; and the experiential/spiritual dimension, which refers to the individual's subjective experience related to his God (Takamizawa, 1994). According to Sabry & Vohra (2013), religious commitment in Islam is a real commitment in the form of behavior that includes mental, psychological, and physical activity based on Islamic teachings (Alsharah, Alazam, Alhamad, & Al-Sharaah, 2018). The research on the religious commitment above is not much related to other variables or aspects.…”