Mediation and Moderation of the Relationship Between Intrinsic Religiousness and Mental Health

The present study examined specific aspects of individuals’ personal strivings as mediators, and religious tradition as a moderator, of the relationship between intrinsic religiousness and mental health. In a sample of 268 university students, the negative relationship between intrinsic religiousnes...

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Published in:Personality & social psychology bulletin 2005-03, Vol.31 (3), p.295-306
Main Authors: Tix, Andrew P., Frazier, Patricia A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - psychology
Catholicism
Comparative studies
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Hostility
Humans
Mass Screening - methods
Mental health
Objectives
Personal goals
Personality
Protestantism
Protestants
Religion
Religion and Psychology
Religiosity
Roman Catholics
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:The present study examined specific aspects of individuals’ personal strivings as mediators, and religious tradition as a moderator, of the relationship between intrinsic religiousness and mental health. In a sample of 268 university students, the negative relationship between intrinsic religiousness and hostility was mediated by the degree of sanctification within individuals’ strivings. The relationships between intrinsic religiousness and both anxiety and depression were moderated by religious tradition, with Catholics’ intrinsic religiousness significantly associated with greater anxiety and depression but Protestants’ intrinsic religiousness not significantly associated with either of these mental health variables. Implications of these results for future research on religiousness are discussed.
ISSN:0146-1672
1552-7433
DOI:10.1177/0146167204271592