Social Discrimination, Religious Coping, Social Integration, and Psychosocial Well-Being among Christian Minority

Abstract

The present research investigates the relationship between Social Discrimination, Religious Coping, Social Integration, and Psychosocial Well-Being among Christian Minority. Correlational research design was employed to conduct the survey. A sample of 320 Christian individuals, both male (n =163) and females (n= 157) aged between 19-39 years (M= 26.53, SD= 5.89), were selected from different churches, convents, and Christian communities in Rawalpindi, Islamabad. Self-report measures of Everyday Discrimination Scale (David et al., 1997), Brief Religious Coping Scale (Pargament et al., 2011), Brief Social Integration Scale (Grühn, 2024), and Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (Keyes et al., 2008) were utilized to assess the research variables. The findings of pearson product moment correlation discovered a significant negative association between social discrimination, positive religious coping, social integration, and psychosocial well-being, while a significant positive relationship social discrimination and negative religious coping. The findings of mediation analysis showed that social integration significantly negatively correlates between social discrimination and psychosocial well-being. Furthermore, the results of moderation analysis showed that positive religious coping significantly positively moderates the affect of social discrimination on psychosocial well-being while negative religious coping significantly negatively moderates the connection.