Abstract
The present study aimed at assessing the afterlife belief and ego
integrity as potential mediators between religious orientation and death
anxiety among older Muslim adults. Data were collected from 515 adults
above the age of sixty, recruited from different areas of Punjab
(Pakistan). Men (n=304) and women (n=211), were given representation
in the Convenient sample. Age of the sample ranged from 60 to 93 years
(M=65.3, SD=6.17). Urdu translated Revised Religious Orientation Scale
(Rasheed & Obaid, 2012), Afterlife Belief Scale for Muslims (Ghayas &
Batool, 2017), Urdu Translated Ego Integrity Scale (Ghayas, 2016) and
Urdu translated and adapted version of Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety
(Ghayas, 2016) were used to measure the study variables. Structural
Equation Modeling was carried out through AMOS and results revealed
that negative afterlife belief and ego integrity were fully mediating the
relationship between death anxiety and intrinsic religious orientation.
Extrinsic religious orientation appeared as a non-significant correlate of
death anxiety. Results of the study support the death apprehension theory
and Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development.
Saba Ghayas, Syeda Shahida Batool. (2021) Religious Orientation and Death Anxiety among Elderly Pakistani Muslims: Mediational Role of Afterlife Belief and Ego Integrity, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume-31, Issue-1.
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