RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION AND EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY

Abstract

The current study was conducted to explore the empirical correlation between religious orientation and emotional functioning based on data gathered from 400 adult respondents. The research methodology employed in this study was through cross-sectional correlational research design whereby strategies of systematic exclusion and inclusion were taken into consideration before data collection making use of the standardised psychometric measures. The relationship between religious orientation and emotional functioning was analysed through Pearson product moment correlation and simple linear regression. The results reveal that the correlation between religious orientation and emotional functioning is weak and insignificant with a negative correlation, r = - 0.053 and p = 0.292. Moreover, in the case of linear regression analysis, it was found that religious orientation does not have any significant predictive relationship with emotional functioning as β = - 0.053, t (398) = -1.056 and p = 0.292. The analysis offers evidence of the lack of relationship between different measures of religious orientation and emotional functioning among respondents belonging to varied backgrounds. Thus, the current study draws attention to the methodological implications arising from the findings of the current research.