RELIGIOSITY AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN YOUNG ADULTS

Abstract

This paper is the adapted and extended version of the bachelor’s work of our student Eldar Ćerim supervised by professor Edina Vejo and assistant professor Elma Begagić. The paper presents the results of several research studies (Bazrafshan, Jahangir & Shokrpour, 2017; Cox, 2011; Pirner, 2017; Williams & Lindsey, 2005) showing the nature of the existence of religiosity as both a protective and a risk factor precipitating the emergence of behavioral disorders. A comparative advantage of the paper lies in the fact that constructing a research equidistance in observing the phenomenon of religiosity, it presents distinct determinants of religiosity in terms of its influence on disorders in the behavior of young adults as both a protective as well as a risk factor.