Investigating the Rate of Quran Reciting by Persian Language and Literature Students in Comparison with Students of Other Fields and Its Effect on Depression, Anxiety and Stress

Abstract

This study aims to examine the rate of Quran reciting by Persian Literature students in comparison with students of other fields and its effect on depression, anxiety and stress. This study has been done over Mohagheghe Ardabili Students in the first semester of 2010. Three hundred and ninety-one students-male, (age: 20.32 ± 2.12 years) were chose by multistage (random) sampling Instruments which have been used in this study are researcher - made questionnaires and a questionnaire of depression, anxiety and stress. Analyses of result by indicate that there is a meaningful difference among students of different fields in reciting Quran. The findings also show that there is a meaningful difference among students who recite Quran and who do not in depression, anxiety and stress. This study depicts that Persian Literature student's recite Quran more than other field's students and those students have less depression, anxiety and stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR], Copyright of Journal of Lang)