University of Tabriz Journal of Modern Psychological Researches 2322-3340 6 24 2012 01 21 The Relation among God Concept, Attachment and Paranoid Ideation in College Students The Relation among God Concept, Attachment and Paranoid Ideation in College Students 39 58 4138 FA Aliakbar Haddadi Bagher Ghobari Journal Article 2015 12 15 The aim of the current research was to investigate the relation among God concept, adult attachment and paranoid ideation in college students of Medical Sciences. To this end, 469 students from Tehran Medical Sciences University and Iran Medical Sciences University were selected by means of proportional stratified sampling. Religious Concept Survey (Gorsuch, 1968), Paranoid dimension of Symptom Check List 90-Revised (Deragotis, etal., 1973) and Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996) were administered to them. Regression analysis was used to analyze data. Results indicated that paranoid ideation of college students can be predicted by the quality of attachment, and God concept (wrathfulness). In other words, students who percevie God as a wrathful entity, were more prone to have paranoid ideation. In addition, an anxious attachment was associated with more paranoid ideation; however dependable attachment was associated inversely with paranoid ideation. The aim of the current research was to investigate the relation among God concept, adult attachment and paranoid ideation in college students of Medical Sciences. To this end, 469 students from Tehran Medical Sciences University and Iran Medical Sciences University were selected by means of proportional stratified sampling. Religious Concept Survey (Gorsuch, 1968), Paranoid dimension of Symptom Check List 90-Revised (Deragotis, etal., 1973) and Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996) were administered to them. Regression analysis was used to analyze data. Results indicated that paranoid ideation of college students can be predicted by the quality of attachment, and God concept (wrathfulness). In other words, students who percevie God as a wrathful entity, were more prone to have paranoid ideation. In addition, an anxious attachment was associated with more paranoid ideation; however dependable attachment was associated inversely with paranoid ideation. https://psychologyj.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_4138_b89786990ad97f73fdb7e595390d7e14.pdf