Religiosity and Covid-19 Impact on Quality of Life Among Corona Virus Affected and Non-Affected Population: Role of Resilience

Abstract

non-affected individuals in the light of religiosity, resilience and COVID19- impact on quality of life. A sample of 400 participants, coronavirus affected (n=200) and coronavirus non-affected (n=200) were approached. Coronavirus non-affected individuals were approached through convenient sampling whereas coronavirus affected individuals were approached through snowball sampling technique. Cross-sectional research design was followed in study. Three valid and reliable scales were used to collect data from participants i.e. The Resilience Scale RS-14 (Bhamani et al., 2015), COVID-19 impact on quality of life (self-translated Urdu version of scale) and Muslim religiosity scale (Khan, 2014). The study hypothesized the relationship between resilience, religiosity and COVID- 19 impact on quality of life. Secondly it was hypothesized that Coronavirus affected individuals will have high COVID-19 impact on Quality of life as compared to nonaffected individuals. The results indicated significant relationship among resilience, religiosity and COVID19- impact on quality of life. Intrinsic religiosity and resilience buffered negative effect of COVID-19 on quality of life. Whereas Extrinsic religiosity predicted high impact of COVID-19 on quality of life. Results revealed that both Coronavirus affected and non-affected individuals have moderate COVID-19 impact on quality of life whereas Coronavirus affected individuals reported low resilience as compared to non-affected individuals. Furthermore, results indicated that males and physically ill participants reported more impact on their quality of life due to pandemic than their counter groups. The results also indicated the partial mediating role of resilience among religiosity and COVID19- impact on quality of life. The results of study will help mental health professionals to incorporate religious therapeutic intervention, to boost resilience level of individuals with the aim to improve their coping abilities and strengths to effectively deal with crisis situation.