The Impact of Islamic Religiosity on Perceived Discrimination, Coping, and Psychological Outcomes

The present study examined the moderating effects of Islamic religiosity on the relationship between racial-ethnic discrimination, religious prejudice, environmental prejudice, religious coping, perceived stress, and Islam’s effect on well-being. Through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, 875 participants met screening requirements and completed the online survey. Participants completed measures of discrimination (i.e., racial-ethnic, religious prejudice, and environmental prejudice), religious coping (i.e., positive religious coping and negative religious coping), religiosity, well-being, and perceived stress. Analysis revealed that positive and negative religious coping mediated the relationship between the three forms of discrimination and perceived stress. However, positive religious coping mediated the relationship between the three forms of discrimination and Islam’s effect on well-being, and negative religious coping only mediated the relationship between religious prejudice and Islam’s effect on well-being. Religiosity was found to significantly moderate the relationship between positive religious coping and perceived stress and Islam’s effect on well-being. Keywords: Islamic religiosity, religious discrimination, religious coping, well-being, perceived stress

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D (Doctor of Philosophy)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counseling Psychology (UMKC)

Grantor

University of Missouri--Kansas City

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Bassioni, Ramy

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Brown, Chrisanthia, 1957-

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10355/90801

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/90801