THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGIOUS COPING AND DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, STRESS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TOUGHNESS AND THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THESE RELATIONS

Abstract

The main purpose of the present study was to examine the relationships between the religious coping behaviors of individuals and their levels of depression, anxiety, stress, and resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic process. Also, determining the mediator role of resilience in the relationships between religious coping and depression, anxiety and stress was another purpose of the study. The “Religious Coping Scale”, “Resilience Scale”, and “Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale” were used in this quantitative study that was conducted in correlational design using the online questionnaire technique. The raw data obtained in the study that was conducted with individuals aged 18 and over were analyzed using the SPSS, Amos, and SPSS Process Macro programs. As a result of the study, it was seen that the positive religious coping and psychological resilience levels of the participants were above the middle. On the other hand, negative religious coping, depression, anxiety and stress levels were found to be lower. It was found in the findings on the relationships between the main variables of the study that positive religious coping variables significantly predicted resilience, and negative religious coping did not significantly predict resilience scores. It was also found as a result of the study that both positive religious coping and negative religious coping predicted depression, anxiety, and stress in a significant way. As a result of the mediating variable analysis of the mediating variable role of resilience, it was found that resilience had a full mediator effect on the relationship between positive religious coping and depression, anxiety, and stress. However, it was determined that resilience did not have a mediating effect on the relationship between negative religious coping and depression, anxiety, and stress