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The Mediating Role of Citizenship Education in the Relationship between Educational Activities and Students’ Religious and Social Education
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Khosrow Nazari *1    , Hamid Alirezaloo2 |
1- Farhangian University , kh.nazari@cfu.ac.ir
2- Education Ministery |
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Abstract: (33 Views) |
Objective: The present study aimed to examine the mediating role of citizenship education in the relationship between educational activities and the religious and social education of junior high school students in Shahriar County during the 2024–2025 (1403-1404 SH) academic year.
Method: In terms of purpose, this research was applied, and in terms of methodology, it was descriptive–correlational and based on a structural equation modeling approach. The statistical population consisted of school principals, teachers, and students. Using the Krejcie and Morgan table and simple random sampling, 114 principals, 297 teachers, and 384 students were selected as the sample. Data were collected using researcher-developed questionnaires on educational activities, religious education, social education, and citizenship education. Content validity of the questionnaires was confirmed using the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and Content Validity Index (CVI), and the reliability was verified through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS and SmartPLS software.
Findings: The findings indicated that there were positive, direct, and statistically significant relationships between educational activities and religious education (r = 0.530), social education (r = 0.408), and citizenship education (r = 0.524) at the p ≤ 0.01 level. In addition, the indirect effect of educational activities on social education through citizenship education (r = 0.501) was greater than the direct effect. In contrast, the indirect effect of educational activities on religious education through citizenship education was lower than its direct effect on religious education (r = 0.353).
Conclusion: School educational activities play a significant role in strengthening students’ religious and social education; however, citizenship education, as a mediating variable, exerts a more prominent influence on the enhancement of social education. Therefore, a purposeful attention to citizenship education within school educational programs is necessary.
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| Keywords: religious education, social education, citizenship education, educational activities. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Special- quantitative
Received: 2025/10/19 | Revised: 2026/02/8 | Accepted: 2025/12/12 | ePublished ahead of print: 2026/02/8 | Published: 2025/12/20 | ePublished: 2025/12/20
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