A Study of Religious Orientations, Muslim Religiosity and Covid-19 Stress among College Students
Authors
MUHAMMAD NADEEM, SHAHNAZ PERVEEN, MASOOD AHMAD and SIDRA IRUM
Abstract
The study aimed to examine Muslim Religiosity, Religious orientations and stress of COVID-19 among college students in district Bahawalpur. About 200 students from different departments of science and arts, enrolled in BS program at Govt. S.E College Bahawalpur were randomly chosen as sample of the study. Three scales e.g., Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) developed by (Allport and Ross, 1967), Muslim Religiosity Measurement Scale developed and used by (Nadeem et al., 2016) and a self-developed Covid-19 Stress Scale was used to gather the required information form the respondents. The data was collected by researchers personally by administering the scales to measure Muslim Religiosity, Religious orientation, and Covid- 19 stress to meet the research objectives. The frequency mean score and percentage were worked out for data analysis, which expressed the highest mean score regarding better information about religious aspects and stress of COVID-19 among college students.
Keywords: Religious Coping; Covid-19, Depression, Religious Orientation, College Students.
