روان شناسی و دين

The aim of the present research is to study effectiveness of remembrance of God on self-control on the basis of Islamic sources. It is a semi-experimental study with pretest- posttest and control group. Its statistics population includes male and female students from Qom Seminary for the academic year of 1391- 1392 (2012-2013). The sample includes 50 seminary students (30 male and 30 female) who were divided into experimental group and control group as available sample. Rafi'ihonar's questionnaire about self-control was used to measure the variables. An independent variable which was a researcher-made invocation package was presented to experimental group for three weeks. The SPSS software, t-test, and covariance analysis were used to analyze the data. The research finding is that remembrance of God raises the level of individuals' self-control.