Religious Orientation and Religious Internalization in Madrasa and  College Students

Iram   Awan; Shaukat  Hussain

doi:10.48165/sajssh.2021.2106

Authors

Iram Awan Department of Applied Psychology, B. Z. University Multan, Pakistan.
Shaukat Hussain Department of Applied Psychology, Government Postgraduate College, Jhang, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/sajssh.2021.2106

Keywords:

Religious orientation, religious internalization, Madrasas students, Colleges students

Abstract

The research was aimed at examining the relationship between religious orientation (extrinsic, intrinsic and quest religious orientation) with religious internalization (Introjection religious internalization and identification religious internalization). A stratified convenient sample of 200 students was selected from different madrasas and colleges of Jhang and Faisalabad. For religious orientation adopted Urdu version of Religious Orientation Scale developed by Francis & Leslie (2007) and for religious internalization adopted Urdu version of Religious Internalization Scale developed by Ryan, Rigby, and King (1993) were used. The extrinsic religious orientation contributed significantly positive with introjection religious internalization and significantly negative with Identification Religious Internalization. Intrinsic religious orientation contributed significantly positive with Identification Religious Internalization and non-significantly negative with Introjection Religious Orientation. Quest Religious Orientation contributed significantly positive with Introjection Religious Internalization and non-significantly positive with identification religious internalization. These two groups namely the madrasa students and college students when compared on these dimensions it was found that college students have significantly higher scores on intrinsic religious orientation, extrinsic religious orientation, quest religious orientation, introjection religious internalization and non-significant differences on identification religious internalization. The findings of the current study are quite new in Pakistan and are important in understanding development of religiosity in the students of two competitive educational systems of madrasa and colleges.

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