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David Lester1, Ahmed Abdel-Khalek
1Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu
Psychological Reports
|March 27, 2009
Summary
This study found no link between Muslim religiosity and death anxiety among male university students. Religiosity scores did not correlate with death anxiety scores in this sample.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology of Religion
Background:
- Death anxiety is a significant psychological construct.
- Religiosity can influence various psychological states.
- Understanding the interplay between religiosity and death anxiety is important in diverse cultural contexts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between religiosity within a Muslim context and death anxiety.
- To explore potential correlations in a specific demographic group.
Main Methods:
- A sample of 43 male undergraduates was assessed.
- Participants completed measures of religiosity (Muslim context) and death anxiety (Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety).
Main Results:
- Statistical analysis revealed no significant association between scores on religiosity and death anxiety.
- The correlation coefficient between the two variables was not statistically significant.
Conclusions:
- In this sample of male Muslim undergraduates, religiosity was not found to be a predictor of death anxiety.
- Further research is needed to explore this relationship in broader or different populations.
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