Religiosity, happiness, health, and psychopathology in a probability sample of Muslim adolescents.

The aim of the present study was to explore the religiosity associations with the self-rating scales of happiness, mental health, physical health, anxiety, and depression. A sample (N = 6,339) of Muslim Kuwaiti adolescents was recruited. Their ages ranged from 15 to 18. They responded to four self-r...

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Publicado en:Mental Health, Religion & Culture Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 571 - 584
Autor principal: Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2007
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        Religiousness
        Religious behaviors
        Religious life
        Practical theology
        Pathological psychology
        Muslims
        Teenagers
        Mental health
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          Religiousness
          Religious behaviors
          Religious life
          Practical theology
          Pathological psychology
          Muslims
          Teenagers
          Mental health
          Anxiety
          Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
      ab: The aim of the present study was to explore the religiosity associations with the self-rating scales of happiness, mental health, physical health, anxiety, and depression. A sample (N = 6,339) of Muslim Kuwaiti adolescents was recruited. Their ages ranged from 15 to 18. They responded to four self-rating scales to assess religiosity, happiness, mental health, and physical health, as well as the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale. Boys had higher mean scores on happiness, mental health, and physical health than did girls, whereas girls had higher mean scores on religiosity, anxiety, and depression. All the correlations were significant in both sexes. They were positive between each of the self-rating scales of religiosity, happiness, mental health, and physical health, and negative between these four rating scales and both anxiety and depression. A high-loaded and bipolar factor was disclosed and labelled "Religiosity and well-being vs. psychopathology." In the stepwise regression, the main predictor of religiosity was happiness in both sexes.
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