Abstract:
This study examines how religion affects people’s ethics and morals in both
extrinsic and intrinsic dimension. In order to validate how religion and mental
health are related, it also considers people's ethics and morals as mediator variables.
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to validate the research hypotheses
after recruiting 570 participants. The result of this study showed that religiosity play
important role on peoples’ ethics and morals, which subsequently influences their
mental health. Additionally, people’s ethics and morals, as mediator play a
beneficial effect in bridging the relationship between religion and mental health. It
gives practitioners and scholars a chance to observe how religion and mental health
interact with one another. Society and regulators also need to enhance
communication and interaction. as well as educating people on the importance of
ethics and moral principles from the social and religious fields. The recent study
also contributes to literature in social and behavioral contexts towards religion,
ethics, and the sociology
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