Effect of religiosity and emotion regulation on prosocial behavior

Pages: 1021-1025
Sukhamjit Kaur and Sunita Gupta (Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab)

The main aim of the study was to examine the effect of religiosity and emotion regulation on prosocial behavior. Forty eight females in the age range of 18 to 24 completed the questionnaire measures of Religiosity (Bhushan, 1970) Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) (Gratz & Roemer, 2004) and Prosocial Personality Battery (Penner, Fritzsche, Craiger, & Friefeld, 1995). The data was subjected to 2×2 analysis of variance The results of ANOVA clearly revealed that highly religious people are more empathic and more altruistic, than low religious ones. The results also suggest that young adults having difficulties in regulating emotions are more altruistic and can take others perspective more efficiently.