The Impact of Adherence to Islamic Beliefs through Academic Achievement on University Studentsʹʹ Tendency to Drug Consumption

Abstract:Religious beliefs is a set of beliefs, necessities and necessities and a above all it is specific and generalized values from the most influential mental support that is able to make every minute of life meaningful, as well as , in a particular condition save and rescue an individual from suspension and meaninglessness by creating explanatory supports. In order to find out the impact of adherence to Islamic beliefs through academic achievement on University studentsʹ tendency to drug consumption of Payam-e-Noor University (PNU) of Ardebil ;a study was done among about 8000 Students studying in the second semester of current academic year (1388-2010) in Ardabil Payam Noor University ,but just about 400 of them were selected through cluster random Method as a statistical sample. Sample size was calculated in accordance with Gerjesy-Morgan table, where a is ?= 0.05. The research went on correlated-descriptive method. Required data was collected using a the following questionnaire 1) A questionnaire related adherence to Islamic beliefs with reliability &=0.98; which includes some components such as obligation to saying prayers (&=0.93); practicable obligation to fasting (&=0.94); practicable obligation to divine legal orders (&=0.96), and practicable obligation to having relation with religious people .(&=0.92) .2) Questionnaire related to drug consumption with reliability &=0.86 ; which includes some components such as family factor (&=0.67); social environmental factors (&=0.59); friends (&=0.63), and personal characteristics (&=0.78). For achievement, the students previous term average score and total average were used collected data was reported descriptively, however, the main questions of the research were analyzed inferentially using linear analysis. The result showed that: there is a direct negative and significant relation between adherence to Islamic beliefs and drug consumption. Total indirect impacts of adherence to Islamic beliefs on student’s tendency to drug consumption was-0.06, which is a very low rate.