Correlation between Religiosity and Occupational Stress in Academic Settings

Abstract

Abstract. Religion may help individual deal with the occupational stressors. The purpose of the study was to examine relationship between religiosity and occupational stress. Subjects were 52 employees of the newly-established Christian university. They completed the Glock and Stark’s Religiosity Scale and Occupational Roles Questionnaire from Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised (OSI-R). Data were processed with Pearson correlation. The result shows that there was no correlation between religiosity and occupational stress (r=-0,164, p=0,245). These result indicated that having high religiosity did not buffer them from the occupational stress. Further research should consider the type of church affiliation, and asked how important religion for the individual's life. The extents to which an individual considers religion as an important aspect in the life, would influence whether individuals used their religious beliefs in the dealing with occupational stress.