The Relationship between Perceived Islamic Parenting and the Desire to Get Married Mediated by Spiritual Well-being in Single Students

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived Islamic parenting and the desire to get married mediated by spiritual well-being in single students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Methods: The research method was descriptive and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). This study’s statistical population included single students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad who were studying in 2021, among which 400 students were selected through purposeful sampling and completed these questionnaires: Islamic Parenting Questionnaire  of Maktobian Bharanchi et al., (2015), Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire of Golparvar et al., (2015),  and the student version of desire to get married questionnaire of Heydari, et al., (2004). Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyze the data. Results: The Pearson correlation results showed a positive and significant correlation between perceived Islamic parenting and spiritual well-being with the desire to get married (p 0.05). In addition, results showed that perceived Islamic parenting could predict the desire to get married both directly and through spiritual well-being  and were significant (p 0.001). Conclusion:  According to the research findings, perceived Islamic parenting and spiritual well-being are the variables affecting the desire to get married in single students.