Scrupulosity, Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation in Young Adults

Abstract

Scrupulosity is a psychiatric condition that is associated with religious or moral problems that is frequently accompanied by compulsive religious or moral observance. The potential role of mindfulness and emotion control in individuals have been discussed in this research. The concept of emotion regulation deals with how we strengthen and control both positive and negative feelings, which is an important criteria to focus on, when dealing with constant intrusive thoughts. This study aimed to find out the relationship between scrupulosity, mindfulness and emotion regulation among young adults falling within the age range of 18-30. This study’s sample size was 225 and comprised of adults from the three religious groups: Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Purposive sampling had been administered, which is a type of non-probability sampling. Spearman’s correlation and Kruskal-Wallis test was also administered to establish a relationship between the three variables. The occurence of scrupulosity was observed to be highest in Islam and lowest in Hinduism. Scrupulosity and difficulties in emotion regulation showed a very high significant positive correlation in the Christianity sample as well as in the Hinduism sample, however the correlation value was less when compared to the Christianity and Islam sample. Scrupulosity and mindfulness showed a very high significant negative correlation in the Christianity sample as well as in the Islam sample, however the value of correlation is least for it among the three sample religious groups.