"Clinical Psychologist, Medical Cities Program – MOI, Riyadh Saudi Arabia" | ||
| المجلة المصرية للدراسات النفسية | ||
| Article 11, Volume 34, Issue 124, July 2024 PDF (509.81 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejcj.2024.366882 | ||
| Author | ||
| Afnan Hameed Alharbi | ||
| Clinical Psychologist, Medical Cities Program – MOI, Riyadh Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The association between religion and mental health has been a controversial topic for researchers. The majority of the studies with a strong experimental and statistical design found that higher religious involvement is positively linked to psychological well-being. However, there are mediating factors that play a role in this association including self-esteem, self-efficacy, meaning in life, social support, fear of death, social support, interpersonal forgiveness, and core self-evaluation. Religious involvement involves a wide range of religious practices and beliefs. Researchers investigated religious involvement through different religious variables such as church attendance, non-organizational religiosity, subjective religiosity, and religious commitment which indicates how religious beliefs influence a person's decisions and lifestyle. the construct of mental health has been examined utilizing the constructs of psychological well-being (an indicator of positive mental health) and depression, anxiety, suicide, and drug abuse (indicators of mental disorder) which are the most frequently and thoroughly studied outcomes with significant findings in the literature. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Religious involvement; religious participations; religion; mental health; mental disorders; psychological wellbeing; psychological issues; mediating factors | ||
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