Mediation of Patience in Relationship among Attachment to God Styles and Mental Health among Students

Introduction: the present research was carried out in order to determine the meditative role of patience in relationship among attachment to god styles and mental healthcare among students.method: to conduct this study, 350 students were chosen from the university of isfahan using clustered sampling method. in order to examine attachment styles, patience, and mental health, attachment to god scale (rowatt and kirkpatrick), response to life events scale and general health questionnaire (ghq) were administered on them respectively. correlation coefficient, multivariate regression analysis, and path analysis were used to analyze the gathered data.results: results indicated that there was a relationship among attachment to god styles (secure, avoidant insecure, and insecure ambivalent) with patience and mental health. also, it can be noted that mental health might be forecast based on secure attachment and ambivalent insecure attachment. similarly, there was a significant relationship among patience and mental health and patience forecast mental health.conclusion: attachment to god styles predicts mental health. based on the results, patience might mediate the effect of attachment to god styles to mental health.