TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Does religiosity mediate suicidal tendencies? A South African Study of Muslim tertiary students
JO  - Journal of religion and health
A1  - Kazi, Tasnim Bibi
A1  - Naidoo, Sarojini
SP  - 1010
EP  - 1023
VL  - 55
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4197
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0167-6
ID  - ref1
ER  -