Indirect Effects Of Religiosity Research Articles

The influence of spirituality in the relationship between religiosity and work engagement: a perspective on social responsibility

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the impact of spirituality, spiritual experiences, religiosity, efficacy and job engagement among Brazilian university professors, particularly focusing on the implications for social responsibility.Design/methodology/approachData were gathered from a nonprobability sample of academics from private and public universities in Brazil during periods of crisis using a standardized survey. The study used partial least squares structural equation modeling as the method for data analysis.FindingsThe study identified robust correlations between daily spiritual experiences (DSE), spirituality and job engagement and efficacy. Additionally, an indirect effect of religiosity on these variables was identified, mediated via DSE. Religiosity was found to impact spiritual experiences and spirituality. The results identified a direct influence of spirituality on work vigor and self-efficiency. However, the study revealed no significant indirect relationship between religiosity, job engagement and efficacy when mediated solely through spirituality.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is primarily limited by its sampling method and Brazil’s cultural context, potentially affecting the generalizability of the findings. Future research should include a more diverse demographic and extend beyond the Brazilian context to various cultural settings. Despite these limitations, the study provides valuable insights for managers leveraging religiosity, spiritual experiences and spirituality to create a more inclusive workplace. Emphasizing these aspects can help foster an environment that respects and accommodates employees’ diverse religious and spiritual beliefs, enhancing workplace harmony and engagement.Practical implicationsThe findings are relevant for university administrations and policymakers. Recognizing the role of spirituality, spiritual experiences and religiosity in academic engagement can guide the development of more supportive, inclusive and socially responsible work environments.Social implicationsThis research underscores the social responsibility of educational institutions to consider and integrate their faculty members’ spiritual and religious dimensions, especially during times of crisis. It highlights how these aspects can significantly influence engagement and efficacy, contributing to a more holistic approach to employee well-being and organizational culture.Originality/valueThis study brings a novel contribution to the dialogue around social responsibility in academia by associating religiosity, spiritual experiences and spirituality with job engagement and effectiveness during a global crisis. It highlights the importance of these personal dimensions in the professional environment, particularly in times of elevated stress and uncertainty.

The effect of religiosity and product knowledge on customer loyalty with halal perception as a mediation variable

As explanatory quantitative research, this study aims to determine the direct and indirect effects of religiosity and product knowledge on customer loyalty moderated by halal perception. The object of this research is a Muslim woman who uses halal-certified cosmetics in Malang City with a total sample of 140 respondents. The data collection technique used a closed questionnaire with the help of a google form. Data analysis techniques used include descriptive statistical analysis and Structural Equation Model (SEM) with Partial Least Square (PLS) approach. The results showed that religiosity and product knowledge had a direct effect on halal perception. Then, religiosity, product knowledge, and halal perception have a direct effect on customer loyalty. Furthermore, halal perception has an indirect effect because it is able to mediate religiosity and product on customer loyalty.

THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS ON ISLAMIC FINANCIAL LITERACY: STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING-PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (SEM-PLS) APPROACH

has the potential and opportunity to become the world’s Islamic financial center. But, the financial sector of Indonesia is still dominated by conventional finance. The existence of a very wide gap between conventional finance and Islamic finance, charge for Indonesian society to get a high level of Islamic financial literacy. One of the factors that affect the level of Islamic financial literacy is psychosocial factors. This research aims to analyze the direct effect of hopelessness, religiosity, and financial satisfaction factors on Islamic financial literacy and the indirect effect of religiosity on Islamic financial literacy through the hopelessness and financial satisfaction of traders in the Shubuh Market, Dusun Dadung, Sambirejo Village, Mantingan District. This research is quantitative research. The population in this research were 37 traders. The sampling technique used purposive sampling with the number of selected samples is 30 traders. This research uses Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) analysis technique with Partial Least Square (PLS) method by smartPLS 3.0. The result of this research showed that the Islamic financial literacy rate of Shubuh market traders is high with a percentage of 87.25%, financial satisfaction has a positive effect significantly on Islamic financial literacy, hopelessness has a negative effect significantly on Islamic financial literacy, religiosity has a positive effect significantly on financial satisfaction, religiosity has a negative effect significantly on hopelessness, religiosity does no effect or insignificantly on Islamic financial literacy, but religiosity has a positive effect significantly on Islamic financial literacy through the financial satisfaction and hopelessness.

The influence of religiosity and meaning making on work outcomes: A path analysis

This study explored the relationship between religiosity and contextual work performance and offered empirical evidence for the mediating role of faith at work, meaning making and work engagement. Participants included 246 employees of Orthodox Christian faith, from various occupational domains. A path analysis testing both direct and indirect effects of religiosity, faith at work, meaning making and work engagement on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) was conducted, and the proposed model demonstrated a good fit. The study advances the idea that individual religious beliefs that are upheld and manifested in work settings could generate meaning and sense to work, which further could lead to positive work-related attitudes (i.e., work engagement) and finally to higher reported levels of an aspect of contextual performance (i.e., OCB).

Salvation with fear and trembling? Scrupulous fears inconsistently mediate the relationship between religion and well-being

ABSTRACTThe positive association between religiosity and well-being is well supported in the literature. However, the documented relationship between religiosity and negative emotions such as fear, guilt, and shame suggest that religion may also suppress well-being via alternative mediational pathways. This study examined the possibility that scrupulous fears—a subclinical tendency to experience anxiety pertaining to sin—negatively mediate the otherwise positive relationship between religiosity and well-being. This hypothesis was tested in a cross-sectional analysis of data derived from an ethnically diverse, multi-religious sample in South East Asia. The hypothesis was partially supported. The negative indirect effect of religiosity on flourishing via scrupulosity was found to be significant, while the negative indirect effect of religiosity on satisfaction with life via scrupulosity was found to be non-significant. These results provide first evidence of religiosity exerting an indirect negative effect on aspects of well-being and affirm the importance of expanding research on this complex relationship.

Hope, religiosity, and subjective well-being

This study explored the relationship between religiosity, hope, and subjective well-being among 430 South African university students (n = 324) and their family members (n = 104) (70.2% female; 88.4% black; 8.4% white). Data were gathered utilising measures of religiosity, hope, satisfaction with life, and affect balance. We applied structural equation modelling to examine both the direct effects of religiosity on hope, as well as the indirect effects of religiosity on life satisfaction and positive and negative affect via hope as mediator. Findings suggest pathway and agency hope to mediate the relationships between religiosity and life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect. Specifically, religiosity predicted higher levels of life satisfaction and positive affect, and lower levels of negative affect via agency hope. The results suggest agency hope to mediate the relationship between religiosity and subjective well-being.

Gender Differences in the Relationships among Young Adults' Religiosity, Risk Perception, and Marijuana Use: A Moderated Mediation Model

ABSTRACTBackground: Studies show that religiosity is a protective factor against marijuana use. Given many religions' teachings to promote risk perception of substance use, risk perception possibly mediates the relationship between religiosity and marijuana use. Moreover, since males and females differ in religiosity, risk perception, and marijuana use, gender may moderate religiosity's indirect effect on marijuana use through risk perception and religiosity's direct effect on marijuana use. Despite substantial research on religiosity and adolescent marijuana use, little research has targeted the young adult population. Objectives: This study is the first to investigate the conditional nature of religiosity's influence on marijuana use through risk perception among young adults in the U.S. Methods: Using a nationally representative sample from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (N = 12,646), conditional process analysis was examined through significant test of the index of moderated mediation. Additionally, mediation analysis was conducted in male (n = 6042) and female (n = 6604) groups separately to further characterize the nature of the relationships. Results: Religiosity's indirect effect on marijuana use through risk perception was found to be significantly different between males and females, while there were no gender differences in religiosity's direct effect on marijuana use. The indirect effect of religiosity on marijuana use via risk perception was significant among both males and females and was larger for females than males. Conclusion: Prevention interventions for young adults' marijuana use that incorporate religiosity should emphasize factors related to risk perception and have a gender informed perspective. Direction for future research is provided.

More Than Friends and Family? Estimating the Direct and Indirect Effects of Religiosity on Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood

Religiosity tends to negatively influence substance use among emerging adults because religious communities can serve as pro-social reference groups and provide alternative resources for coping with stress and negative life events. The relationship may also be mediated, however, by differences in family attachments and drug- and alcohol-using peer associations. With data from a nationally representative panel study, I implemented longitudinal structural equation modeling to simultaneously assess both direct and indirect effects of religiosity on substance use. While a substantive portion of its effect is mediated by substance-using peers, it is mostly direct, and increasingly so as individuals transition from late adolescence to emerging adulthood. Furthermore, religion appears to be a particularly effective social institution, as religiosity decreases contemporary substance use but is not itself affected by prior substance use. Religiosity may thus be beneficial with regard to certain short- and long-term health outcomes related to substance use during emerging adulthood.

Direct and Indirect Effects of Religiosity on Valuation of Life Through Forgiveness and Social Provisions Among Older Incarcerated Males

Few studies have investigated the influence of religiosity (REL), forgiveness, and social resources on incarcerated individuals' attachment to their lives, or valuation of life (VOL). We tested a model linking REL to VOL through 3 subscales of the Heartland Forgiveness Scale (Self, Others, and Situations) and social provisions (SPS). Cross-sectional data were collected from 261 male prison inmates, aged 45-82, incarcerated in 8 state-managed correctional facilities. Participants were sampled from the prison census database (Oklahoma Department of Corrections or DOC). Exclusion criteria, per the Oklahoma DOC, were those housed in medical or psychiatric units, currently in solitary confinement, or sentenced to death row. To account for possible violations of multivariate normality, we used the Satorra-Bentler chi-square statistic. The final model fit the data well, explaining 57% of the variance in VOL: χ(2) (N = 261; df = 3) = 7.40; p = .06; Comparative Fit Index = .99; root mean squared error of approximation = .08; standardized root mean squared residual = .02. Significant indirect effects of REL on VOL were present through Forgiveness of Others and SPS, and of REL on SPS through Forgiveness of Others. Analyses controlled for age, race, education, perceived physical health, and depressive symptoms. Implications of the findings for those involved with prisoner care are discussed, particularly therapeutic interventions including process models of forgiveness.

Readers Write: Insights From Practicing Correctional Health Professionals

Journal of Correctional Health CareVol. 14, No. 1 ArticlesReaders Write: Insights From Practicing Correctional Health ProfessionalsBrie Williams and Robert GreifingerBrie WilliamsDivision of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author and Robert GreifingerJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice, New YorkSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Jan 2008https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345807309620AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byDirect and Indirect Effects of Religiosity on Valuation of Life Through Forgiveness and Social Provisions Among Older Incarcerated Males20 May 2012 | The Gerontologist, Vol. 53, No. 1Medication Prescribing Practices for Older Prisoners in the Texas Prison SystemAmerican Journal of Public Health, Vol. 100, No. 4 Volume 14Issue 1Jan 2008 Information© 2008 NCCHCTo cite this article:Brie Williams and Robert Greifinger.Readers Write: Insights From Practicing Correctional Health Professionals.Journal of Correctional Health Care.Jan 2008.4-6.http://doi.org/10.1177/1078345807309620Published in Volume: 14 Issue 1: January 1, 2008PDF download

The Relation between Religiosity, Selected Health Behaviors, and Blood Pressure among Adult Females

Background. This study examined the association between blood pressure (BP), selected health behaviors, and various dimensions of religiosity among females.Methods. Data were obtained on 112 females who were at least 35 years of age and of Judeo-Christian faiths. Resting BP measures were taken with an automated sphygmomanometer, height and weight were measured to determine body mass index (BMI), and intermediate health variables (e.g., physical activity, smoking, diet, and alcohol consumption) were measured by questionnaire. A multifactorial questionnaire was used to assess various dimensions of religiosity. Multiple regression path analyses were conducted to determine the direct and indirect effects of religiosity on BP with age and BMI controlled statistically.Results. The direct effects of religiosity on SBP and DBP were more substantial than the indirect effects through the intermediate health variables, suggesting that religiosity may be associated with lower levels of BP via a direct pathway, such as improving the ability to cope with stress. In general, DBP was more influenced by religiosity than SBP and the dimensions of “intrinsic religiosity” and “religious coping” were most influencial. Results also indicated that “religious experiences” may exert a greater beneficial effect on DBP in older (50−80 years) age groups.Conclusions. These results support a direct relationship between religiosity and BP, rather than an indirect effect through intermediate health behaviors.