@article{ref1,
title="Does religiosity mediate suicidal tendencies? A South African Study of Muslim tertiary students",
journal="Journal of religion and health",
year="2015",
author="Kazi, Tasnim Bibi and Naidoo, Sarojini",
volume="55",
number="3",
pages="1010-1023",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4197",
doi="10.1007/s10943-015-0167-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0167-6"
}