title: Trait self-control, identified-introjected religiosity and health-related-feelings in healthy muslims: a structural equation model analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study attempted to test McCullough and Willoughby's hypothesis that self-control mediates the relationships between religiosity and psychosocial outcomes. Specifically, this study examined whether trait self-control (TSC) mediates the relationship of identified-introjected religiosity with positive and negative health-related-feelings (HRF) in healthy Muslims.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred eleven French-speaking participants (116 females, 95 males; Mage = 28.15, SDage = 6.90) answered questionnaires. One hundred ninety participants were retained for the analyses because they reported to be healthy (105 females, 85 males; Mage = 27.72, SDage = 6.80). To examine the relationships between religiosity, TSC and HRF, two competing mediation models were tested using structural equation model analysis: While a starting model used TSC as mediator of the religiosity-HRF relationship, an alternative model used religiosity as mediator of the TSC-HRF relationship.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings revealed that TSC mediated the relationship between identified religiosity and positive HRF, and that identified religiosity mediated the relationship between TSC and positive and negative HRF, thereby validating both models. Moreover, the comparison of both models showed that the starting model explained 13.211% of the variance (goodness of fit = 1.000), whereas the alternative model explained 6.877% of the variance (goodness of fit = 0.987).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results show that the starting model is the most effective model to account for the relationships between religiosity, TSC, and HRF. Therefore, this study provides initial insights into how religiosity influences psychological health through TSC. Important practical implications for the religious education are suggested.
authors.affiliation: University of French West Indies, Department of Sport Sciences, ACTES Laboratory, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France; Qatar University, College of Arts and Sciences, Sport Science Program, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Walid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Briki
authors.affiliation: Sport Performance Optimization Laboratory, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia; High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Gafsa University, Gafsa, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Asma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aloui
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Genoa University, Genoa, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy; Italian Islamic University, Lecce, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola Luigi
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Bragazzi
authors.affiliation: Sport Performance Optimization Laboratory, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Anis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaouachi
authors.affiliation: National Sports Medicine Program, ASPETAR Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar; Sport Performance Research Institute of New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.affiliation: Athlete Health and Performance Research Center, ASPETAR Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chamari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D000068356:Self-Control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult