Francis, Leslie J., Robbins, Mandy, Santosh, Romil and Bhanot, Savita (2008) Religion and mental health among Hindu young people in England. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, Vol.11 (No.3). pp. 341-347. doi:10.1080/13674670701292094

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between mental health and attitude toward their religious tradition among a sample of 330 young people attending the Hindu Youth Festival in London. The participants completed the Santosh-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Hinduism together with the abbreviated form of the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire which provides measures of neuroticism and psychoticism. The data indicated that a more positive attitude toward Hinduism was associated with lower psychoticism scores but unrelated to neuroticism scores. There is no evidence, therefore, to associate higher levels of religiosity with poorer mental health among young people within the Hindu community.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Santosh-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Hinduism, Maudsley personality inventory, Teenagers -- Religious life -- Great Britain, Hinduism -- Great Britain, Adolescent psychology -- Research
Journal or Publication Title:	Mental Health, Religion & Culture
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1367-4676
Official Date:	April 2008
Dates:	Date Event April 2008 Published
Volume:	Vol.11
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 341-347
DOI:	10.1080/13674670701292094
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access

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