Kumar Sanjay, Davidson Charlie A, Saini Reena, Jain Ranjeeta
D.A.V. College Muzaffarnagar.
Emory University.
J Psychol. 2025;159(2):92-110. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2372578. Epub 2024 Jul 16.
Intolerance of uncertainty is an important trans-diagnostic determinant of mental disorders. It is related to psychotic symptoms and religiousness. Religiousness is related to schizotypal personality and wellbeing. Therefore, in a cross-sectional study, we studied the effects of intolerance of uncertainty and religiousness on schizotypal personality and the schizotypal personality-mediated effects of intolerance of uncertainty and religiousness on life satisfaction. On a sample of 734 college students (age, = 20.3, = 3.48), intolerance of uncertainty, religiousness, life satisfaction, and schizotypal personality were measured through paper-pencil questionnaires. The results showed that intolerance of uncertainty had positive (direct) relationships with all schizotypal personality dimensions. However, intolerance of uncertainty had positive (mediated by ideas of reference and magical thinking) and negative (mediated by eccentric behavior) indirect effects on life satisfaction. Religiousness had direct as well as indirect (mediated by eccentric behavior) positive effects on life satisfaction. However, the behaving (mediated by ideas of reference) and belonging (mediated by magical thinking) sub-dimensions of religiousness had some indirect negative effects on life satisfaction. Thus, the present study shows that intolerance of uncertainty is an important contributor to psychotic proneness. Religiousness is largely health-enhancing. Moreover, there is a nuanced pattern of interactional relationship between intolerance of uncertainty, religiousness, schizotypal personality, and life satisfaction. We have discussed the theoretical and applied implications of the findings.
对不确定性的不耐受是精神障碍的一个重要跨诊断决定因素。它与精神病性症状和宗教信仰有关。宗教信仰与分裂型人格及幸福感有关。因此，在一项横断面研究中，我们研究了对不确定性的不耐受和宗教信仰对分裂型人格的影响，以及对不确定性的不耐受和宗教信仰通过分裂型人格对生活满意度产生的中介效应。在一个由734名大学生组成的样本（年龄，均值 = 20.3，标准差 = 3.48）中，通过纸笔问卷测量了对不确定性的不耐受、宗教信仰、生活满意度和分裂型人格。结果表明，对不确定性的不耐受与所有分裂型人格维度呈正（直接）相关。然而，对不确定性的不耐受对生活满意度有正（通过牵连观念和神奇思维中介）和负（通过怪异行为中介）的间接效应。宗教信仰对生活满意度有直接以及间接（通过怪异行为中介）的积极影响。然而，宗教信仰的行为（通过牵连观念中介）和归属（通过神奇思维中介）子维度对生活满意度有一些间接的负面影响。因此，本研究表明，对不确定性的不耐受是精神病倾向的一个重要促成因素。宗教信仰在很大程度上有益健康。此外，对不确定性的不耐受、宗教信仰、分裂型人格和生活满意度之间存在一种细微的相互作用关系模式。我们讨论了这些发现的理论和应用意义。
