Does Religiosity Mediate Suicidal Tendencies?: A South African Study of Muslim Tertiary Students
Despite international studies into religion’s protective mechanism against suicidal tendencies, within South Africa there is a paucity of research investigating this relationship. This quantitative study investigates the relationship between religiosity and suicidal tendencies in a sample of Muslim...
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Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
Язык: | Английский |
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[2016]
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Journal of religion and health
Год: 2016, Том: 55, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 1010-1023 |
Другие ключевые слова: | B
South Africa
B Мусульманин (мотив) B Suicidal tendency B Religiosity |
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Итог: | Despite international studies into religion’s protective mechanism against suicidal tendencies, within South Africa there is a paucity of research investigating this relationship. This quantitative study investigates the relationship between religiosity and suicidal tendencies in a sample of Muslim students (N = 111). Two scales were used to test the hypothesis that religion mediates suicidal tendency: the Religious Orientation Test and the Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale. The findings confirmed this hypothesis but disconfirmed our second hypothesis that there would be gender differences between the variables. We concluded that a high degree of religiosity acts as a protective mechanism against suicidal tendencies and discuss the implications of our findings. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0167-6 |