IJRSS Volume 6, Issue 1 ISSN: 2249-2496 _________________________________________________________ A Monthly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gage, India as well as in Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences http://www.ijmra.us 96 January 2016 RELIGIOUS VALUES AMONG THE TALENTED AND THE ORDINARY STUDENTS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FAMILY’S SATISFACTION IN TABUK Atallah Mohammed Alatawi * Mohd Zuri Ghani* AswatiHamzah* Abstract This research studies the level of religious values of the talented and the ordinary students and its relationship with the family’s satisfaction in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. In order to achieve the objectives, a survey has been undertaken studying a sample comprising 112 students; 60 ordinary students and 52 talented students. A religious values scale by Al-Hassan (2002) and a translated family’s satisfaction scale by Carver and Jones (1992) were used. The findings reveal that the level of religious values among both the talented and the ordinary students are at an intermediate level. Meanwhile, the level of family’s satisfaction for ordinary students is at an intermediate level and it was uncovered to be high for talented students. The results also show that the low achieving students have higher levels of family’s satisfaction and religious values. Based on the results, this paper suggests few recommendations as to increase the level of religious values and family’s satisfaction. Keywords: Religious values - family’s satisfaction - talented students - ordinary students * School of Educational Studies, UniversitiSains Malaysia