An Investigation of the Relationship among pathological and non pathological guilt feeling, Religious Attitude and Mental Health

AbstractStudies suggest that guilt feeling plays an important role in mental health. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship among two kinds of guilt feeling (pathological and non pathological), religious attitude and mental health. Participants were undergraduate students (N = 312), who were selected by available sampling and completed General Health Questionnaire (GHQ, 28), religious attitude questionnaire and researcher constructed guilt feeling Questionnaire. Our findings showed a negative significant correlation (P<0/001) between pathological guilt and mental health and a positive significant correlation (P