The Mediating Role of Psychological Well-Being in the Relationship between Attachment to God and Emotional, Social and Educational Adjustment in Female Adolescents

Adolescence is associated with various physical, psychological, emotional, cognitive, and social changes and adolescent adjustment can be affected by these wide-ranging changes. It appears that variables such as psychological well-being and attachment to God can help adolescents in emotional, social and educational adjustment. The present study set out to examine the mediating role of psychological well-being in the relationship between attachment to God and emotional, social and educational adjustment in female adolescents. This research had a descriptive, correlational design. The statistical population of the study was comprised of all female junior high school students in Tehran (District 14) in 2017-18 school year from among whom 222 students were selected using cluster random sampling method. The research instruments included attachment to God Questionnaire (Ghobari Bonab & Haddadi Kouhsar, 2011), Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire (Ryff, 1989), and Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS) (Sinha & Singh, 1993). The obtained data were analyzed via Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis using SPSS19 and AMOS. The results revealed that there was a significant, positive relationship between attachment to God and psychological well-being of adolescents (P<0.05). Moreover, the results showed that attachment to God had a significant, positive relationship with emotional, social and educational adjustment of adolescents and psychological well-being mediates this association (P<0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that adolescents’ psychological well-being as well as their emotional, social and educational adjustment can be promoted through strengthening the spiritual dimension and attachment to God.