Iranian Association of Cultural Studies & Communication Society Culture Media 2322-3855 5 19 2016 08 22 A Study of the Relationship between Religiosity and Tendency toward Music Case Study: Students of Hakim Sabzevari University A Study of the Relationship between Religiosity and Tendency toward Music Case Study: Students of Hakim Sabzevari University 89 112 46838 FA Shafieh Ghodrati Hakim Sabzevari University Journal Article 2017 06 14 This paper aims at investigating the relationship between religiosity and tendency toward music among the students of Hakim Sabzevari University. Through survey method and stratified sampling a random sample of 385 students were interviewed. Results show that there is a negative and significant relationship between collective and individual rituals and dependent variable. The amount of Pearson coefficient for collective rituals is higher than for individual rituals. Furthermore there is not significant relationship between emotional and belief aspects of religiosity and music tendency. Pearxson correlation  results showed that there is a meaningfull and positive relation between media usage, mahwarhe, internet, wido and m.p.3 to dependent variable.These findings indicate that emphasizing on  ritual - especially collective- dimension of religion weakens the tendency toward music. This paper aims at investigating the relationship between religiosity and tendency toward music among the students of Hakim Sabzevari University. Through survey method and stratified sampling a random sample of 385 students were interviewed. Results show that there is a negative and significant relationship between collective and individual rituals and dependent variable. The amount of Pearson coefficient for collective rituals is higher than for individual rituals. Furthermore there is not significant relationship between emotional and belief aspects of religiosity and music tendency. Pearxson correlation  results showed that there is a meaningfull and positive relation between media usage, mahwarhe, internet, wido and m.p.3 to dependent variable.These findings indicate that emphasizing on  ritual - especially collective- dimension of religion weakens the tendency toward music. https://www.jscm.ir/article_46838_2ef04073c2fe0526f1e12b9207d01a7f.pdf