Journal of Women Interdisciplinary Researches

Abstract The present study was conducted with the aim of examining the attitudes of Tehranian girls toward hijab and analyzing the social, cultural, and psychological factors affecting it. In Iran, particularly after the Islamic Revolution, hijab has transformed from a religious and legal obligation into a sphere for the representation of individual and social identity. The research method was quantitative and survey-based. The statistical population consisted of girls residing in Tehran aged 18–35 years. A sample of 544 individuals was selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected using a Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed with SPSS. The statistical tests employed included descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression. The findings indicated that the inclination toward hijab has declined among Tehranian girls and is increasingly perceived as an individual and identity-based choice. Psychological factors such as identity crisis and social self-presentation had the strongest negative effect on the tendency toward hijab, while socio-cultural factors such as media and peers also had a negative but weaker effect. In contrast, value-religious factors such as knowledge of the rulings and philosophy of hijab had a positive effect, though insufficient; a clear gap was observed between the interest in learning and actual knowledge. These results are consistent with domestic literature (Fallahzadeh, Karimi, Nasrollahi) and international studies (Gole, Mahmoud, Rosner) and demonstrate that in the modern context, hijab has become a domain for redefining identity and cultural resistance.