PREDICTION OF RELIGIOSITY ON DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL IDEATION AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS

Religiosity is a formal institutional, and has been considered as facilitating personality development. Research evinced a positive role that religion plays in mental health relating to depression (Pearce, Little, & Perez, 2003), preventing suicide and helping recovery from suicidal thoughts (Morriss et al., 2005) with lower suicide rates (Stack 1983) among adolescents. Researchers have brought evidence for the positive and negative role that religion plays in health relating to mood disorders, personality disorders, and psychiatric disorders. Religious beliefs are increasingly being considered in psychotherapy to improve service and the effectiveness of treatment. Psychotherapists utilize religious practices and principles in therapy, such as prayer, forgiveness, and grace. Brown suggests that "our biases can only be suspended to the extent to which they are no longer our biases" (Brown, 2017). Women are more religious than men (Walter & Davie 1998; Trzebiatowska & Bruce 2012). Understanding the function of religiosity is much needed for clinical practice in relieving suffering and helping people to live more fullling lives (Moreira-Almeida et al., 2006).