Religion and Mental Health:A Co-Relational Study of Family Members of Disappeared Persons of Kashmir

Due to the growing body of research, the concept of religion-health connection has gained grip during the last decade. The impact of religious indicators is found to be associated with social, behavioral, clinical, economic and other aspects of human behavior. In line with this, the present study deals with association of religious orientation with mental health. For this purpose a random sample of 217 family members of disappeared persons belonging to Kashmir were selected. Age-Universal Religious Orientation Scale and Mental Health Inventory were used to collect data from the sample. The results were obtained by using Pearson's Product Moment of Correlation. The results revealed that intrinsic Religious Orientation is negatively related with mental health in contrast to extrinsic religious orientation.