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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Главный автор: Kazi, Tasnim Bibi (Автор)
Другие авторы: Naidoo, Sarojini (Другой)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: [2016]
В: 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.
ISSN:1573-6571
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0167-6