Document Type : Scientific-Research Article

Author

• sina aminizadeh

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

Abstract

This study investigated the effective relationship between religious beliefs and security at the economic, ethical, and judicial levels. For this purpose, a survey method was employed, and 380 questionnaires were distributed based on the Cochran formula and the multistage random cluster sampling method. The results of the data analysis showed that religious beliefs, as a composite variable, could only account for 24% of the latent variables of security. In general, the significant effect of religious beliefs on overall security, with an estimate of 0.493 (P < 0.001), confirms the positive and strong influence of this variable. In this context, judicial security, serving as a reference variable, exhibited an effect size of 507, while moral security demonstrated a strong effect of 623 (P < 0.001), and economic security had a significant effect of 0.201 (P = 0.047)—all indicating a direct relationship with overall security. Furthermore, the analysis of the direct effects of religious beliefs revealed that this variable has a tangible impact on security (with an estimate of 0.211 and C.R. = 3.796), indicating a positive and strong relationship. The effect of judicial security is recognized as the reference variable at 1.000, while the direct effect of moral security (1.316) is higher than that of economic security (0.391). In terms of indirect effects, the relationships between security and its sub-components, including economic security (0.290), moral security (0.324), and judicial security (0.293), are also significant. Overall, the findings demonstrate a significant correlation between religious beliefs and security, with differing impacts on various security dimensions evident. The results of this study emphasize the importance of religious beliefs as an effective factor in promoting various levels of security. These findings can assist policymakers and decision-makers in the social realm to enhance the security situation within society by reinforcing religious beliefs.

Keywords

• Structural equations
• belief
• moral security
• judicial security
• economic security

Main Subjects

• safety