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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. ISSN 1367-4676

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674670701292094

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

Identification Number:

10.1080/13674670701292094

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

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