Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (3)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Tix, A. P.
Right arrow Articles by Frazier, P. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Tix, A. P.
Right arrow Articles by Frazier, P. A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 3, 295-306 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204271592
© 2005 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Mediation and Moderation of the Relationship Between Intrinsic Religiousness and Mental Health

Andrew P. Tix

Normandale Community College, andrew.tix{at}normandale.edu

Patricia A. Frazier

University of Minnesota

The present study examined specific aspects of individuals’ personal strivings as mediators, and religious tradition as a moderator, of the relationship between intrinsic religiousness and mental health. In a sample of 268 university students, the negative relationship between intrinsic religiousness and hostility was mediated by the degree of sanctification within individuals’ strivings. The relationships between intrinsic religiousness and both anxiety and depression were moderated by religious tradition, with Catholics’ intrinsic religiousness significantly associated with greater anxiety and depression but Protestants’ intrinsic religiousness not significantly associated with either of these mental health variables. Implications of these results for future research on religiousness are discussed.

Key Words: religion • mental health • goals • Catholics • Protestants


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?