Islamic Society and Family Planning Media Advertisements in Pakistan: Mediating Role of Religiosity in Attitude and Behavioral Intention
Religious beliefs and religiosity have a significant impact on behavior. People want to adopt family planning methods to avoid unintended and unwanted pregnancies but they do not use family planning because they do not get support from their religion and people with high religiosity level follow the...
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| description | Religious beliefs and religiosity have a significant impact on behavior. People want to adopt family planning methods to avoid unintended and unwanted pregnancies but they do not use family planning because they do not get support from their religion and people with high religiosity level follow their religion more strictly. Literature indicates that religion is one of the major reasons for overpopulation in Pakistan. The main objective of this study is to investigate the moderating role of religiosity between positive feelings, negative feelings, and attitude of Pakistani Muslims toward advertisements of family planning and intention to adopt family planning methods. Data were collected from the 525 Pakistanis using a cross-sectional study design. This research adopted snowball sampling for data collection. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. Results of this study show religiosity significantly moderate the relationship between positive feelings toward advertisements of family planning and intention to adopt family planning methods, while there is no significant moderating role of religiosity between negative feelings, attitude toward advertisements of family planning and intention to adopt family planning methods. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1004cdae3df14624a4ca64bb43ecdfb72025-08-20T02:18:58ZaraBahauddin Zakariya UniversityPakistan Journal of Islamic Research2070-03262618-08202022-07-01231597062bec84052932Islamic Society and Family Planning Media Advertisements in Pakistan: Mediating Role of Religiosity in Attitude and Behavioral IntentionAbdul Rehman Madni0Malik Adnan1Ali Hassan2Lecturer, Department of Communication & Media Studies, University of Sargodha, Sargodha.Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur.Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur.Religious beliefs and religiosity have a significant impact on behavior. People want to adopt family planning methods to avoid unintended and unwanted pregnancies but they do not use family planning because they do not get support from their religion and people with high religiosity level follow their religion more strictly. Literature indicates that religion is one of the major reasons for overpopulation in Pakistan. The main objective of this study is to investigate the moderating role of religiosity between positive feelings, negative feelings, and attitude of Pakistani Muslims toward advertisements of family planning and intention to adopt family planning methods. Data were collected from the 525 Pakistanis using a cross-sectional study design. This research adopted snowball sampling for data collection. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. Results of this study show religiosity significantly moderate the relationship between positive feelings toward advertisements of family planning and intention to adopt family planning methods, while there is no significant moderating role of religiosity between negative feelings, attitude toward advertisements of family planning and intention to adopt family planning methods.http://pjir.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/62bec84052932/pageAdvertisementsReligiosityand Behavioral Intention. |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Rehman Madni Malik Adnan Ali Hassan Islamic Society and Family Planning Media Advertisements in Pakistan: Mediating Role of Religiosity in Attitude and Behavioral Intention Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research Advertisements Religiosity and Behavioral Intention. |
| title | Islamic Society and Family Planning Media Advertisements in Pakistan: Mediating Role of Religiosity in Attitude and Behavioral Intention |
| title_full | Islamic Society and Family Planning Media Advertisements in Pakistan: Mediating Role of Religiosity in Attitude and Behavioral Intention |
| title_fullStr | Islamic Society and Family Planning Media Advertisements in Pakistan: Mediating Role of Religiosity in Attitude and Behavioral Intention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Islamic Society and Family Planning Media Advertisements in Pakistan: Mediating Role of Religiosity in Attitude and Behavioral Intention |
| title_short | Islamic Society and Family Planning Media Advertisements in Pakistan: Mediating Role of Religiosity in Attitude and Behavioral Intention |
| title_sort | islamic society and family planning media advertisements in pakistan mediating role of religiosity in attitude and behavioral intention |
| topic | Advertisements Religiosity and Behavioral Intention. |
| url | http://pjir.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/62bec84052932/page |
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