The relationship of religiosity to psychopathy: the predictive ability of religious orientation for stress and depression in college undergraduates

Author

Robert B. Arrowood, Tusculum College
J. Brian Pope, Tusculum College
Thomas Harlow, Tusculum College

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

19

Number

2

Page Numbers

pages 37-46

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2014

Abstract

Evidence supports that different levels of religiosity are related to mental health outcomes. This study examines the relationship between religiosity and measures of psychological maladjustment. The current study compared participants' scores on several measures of religiosity with scores on Locus of Control, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Obsessive-Compulsive tendencies. Multiple regressions analyses were conducted suggesting that Indiscriminate Proreligiousness, a measure of overall religiosity, was found to be negatively correlated with stress. Highly religious people were found to have more of an intrinsic religious orientation than either extrinsic or quest orientation.

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

10 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 19 no. 2 2014

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Arrowood, Robert B.; Pope, J. Brian; and Harlow, Thomas (2014) "The relationship of religiosity to psychopathy: the predictive ability of religious orientation for stress and depression in college undergraduates," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 19: No. 2, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol19/iss2/5