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| Published: December 25, 2014
Religiosity and Geriatric Mental Health: Exploring the Mediating Role of Coping Strategies
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Sector -128, Noida- 201304, INDIA.
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DIP: 18.01.013/20140201
DOI: 10.25215/0201.013
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to explore the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between bent towards religion and psychiatric indicators of mental health. 390 subjects with the age ranging from 50-90 years participated in the study. Results indicated that bent towards religion significantly predicted mental health. Except proactive coping, the remaining six coping strategies (preventive, reflective, strategic, emotional support seeking, instrumental support seeking and avoidance coping) significantly mediated the relationship between bent towards religion and psychiatric indicators of mental health.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2014 R. Gautam
Received: July 15, 2014; Revision Received: September 24, 2014; Accepted: December 25, 2014
Dr. Ruchi Gautam @ dr. ruchi.gautam@jiit.ac.in
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.013/20140201
10.25215/0201.013
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Published in Volume 02, Issue 1, October-December, 2014