Investigating the relationship between moral and ethical: Does extrinsic and intrinsic religiosity improve people’s mental health?

Abstract

This research investigates the religiosity role (e.g., extrinsic and intrinsic) to peoples’ ethics and moral. This study also examines peoples’ ethics and moral influence their mental health. 518 valid peoples were recruited and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was applied to validate the research hypotheses. We found religiosity (e.g., extrinsic and intrinsic) play important role on peoples’ ethics and morals which subsequently influences their mental health. Furthermore, as mediator variables (e.g., people ethics and morals) bridge the relationship between religiosity and peoples’ mental health. It is provide practitioners and researchers to observe the relationship between religiosity and social-wellbeing. The society and regulators also need to enhance the communication and interaction. As well as, enlighten the people about the crucial role of ethics and moral principles from the social and religion fields. This study contributes to literature in social and behavior context towards religion, ethics and moral towards education system.