THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSCENDENCE AND RELIGIOUS COPING STRATEGIES ON ANXIETY IN MINIORITY POPULATIONS: A MODERATION ANALYSIS OF DEMOGRAPHICS

Abstract

The current study aims to examine the moderating role of demographics including Age, Marital Status, Religion, Education, Nature of Job and Gender in the Self-Transcendence, Religious Coping Strategies and Anxiety among Minorities. Data was collected by using structured and standardized questionnaires including Self-Transcendence scale Reed (1986), Anxiety by Lovibond (1995) scale and Religious Coping strategies scale 14 items of Pargament (1998). Participants of the study were minorities selected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by purposive sampling technique. To test the proposed hypothesized PLS structure equation model (SEM) was used. Results claimed that age is a moderator between Self-transcendence and religious coping Strategies (p<0.032), while Nature of job is a moderator among religious coping Strategies and anxiety (p<0.051). According to the study, Self-Transcendence enhanced in old age and people are inclined more to support others by transcending their self. The nature of an occupation has a significant effect on psychological well-being, particularly anxiety, which people who use religious coping mechanisms to manage. Psycho education can encourage minority groups to take an active role in promoting social well-being.