Moderating Role of Tawakkul in Anxious Attachment to God and Depression

Authors

  • Muhammad Usama Gondal Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha
  • Adnan Adil Professor/Chairperson Department of Psychology, Government College Women University Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Anam Yousaf Lecturer in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52461/pjap.v3i2.1120

Keywords:

tawwakul, anxious attachment to God, Depression

Abstract

The present study aimed at exploring the moderating role
of tawakkul in the relationship of anxious attachment to
God and depression among Muslim adults. A sample of
350 Muslim adults was purposively chosen for the present
study. Tawakkul was measured through Tawakkul Scale
(Gondal et al., 2022), anxious attachment to God was
measured through Urdu version of anxious attachment
subscale of the Attachment to God Scale (Noureen, 2017),
and depression was measured through Urdu version of
depression subscale of DASS-21 (Aslam, 2018). Results
indicated that tawakkul significantly moderated the
relationship between anxious attachment to God and
depression such that their relationship became stronger
when level of tawakkul was low. Higher levels of tawakkul
decreased the likelihood of developing depression.
Limitations and suggestions for future research have also
been discussed.

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Published

2024-01-15

How to Cite

Gondal, M. U., Adil, A., & Yousaf, A. (2024). Moderating Role of Tawakkul in Anxious Attachment to God and Depression. Pakistan Journal of Applied Psychology (PJAP), 3(2), 328–336. https://doi.org/10.52461/pjap.v3i2.1120

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): Pakistan Journal of Applied Psychology

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