English abstract
This study aimed at identifying the relationship between religiosity and mental health among the social workers. The study sample consisted of 151 social workers ; 50 males and 101 females who work in the schools of Muscat Governorate during the academic year 2016/2017, Where the researcher applied the scale of the list of basic and virtual religiosity, and the scale of mental health after verifying the characteristics of validity and reliability for each of them.
The results showed that the level of virtual religiosity among the stud sample individuals was low, with a mean o 1.89, while the level of basic religiosity was high with a mean of 4.08. the results also showed the high levels of mental health among the stud sample individuals.
The results showed that there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between the level of virtual religiosity and the scale of mental health, and that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between the level of basic religiosity and the scale of mental health.
The results showed that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of virtual religiosity for the male and female respondents of the study, while there are statistically significant differences in the trend of basic religiosity and in favor of males. While there were no statistically significant differences in the level of mental health in the sample of male and female social workers due to the variable of gender.
The results showed that the orientation of religiosity among the social workers contribute positively in predicting the mental health among them.
The study recommends about conducting further studies to identifythe orientation of religiosity and its relationship with mental health among other categories, including students and educators as well other working environments. The study also recommends about designing collective counseling programs dealing with the religious guidance and its role in dealing with behavioral problems facing students at schools.
