Satisfaction à l’égard de la vie, discrimination perçue, religiosité et santé mentale dans l’islam soufi : une perspective montréalaise

Objective:
The central objective of this paper is to explore the dynamic interactions between 5 sets of variables, which are Sociodemographic Characteristics,
Satisfaction with Life, Perceived Discrimination, Religiosity and Emotional Distress within Montreal’s Tariqa Qadiriya Boudchichiya, a Muslim Sufi way whose origins are Moroccan and date back to the 18th century.
Method:
As a method, we considered psychological distress as the dependent
variable and performed univariate descriptive statistical analyzes, bivariate correlation analyzes (Pearson correlation), one-way ANOVA analyzes, and multivariate analyzes (linear regressions).
Results:
Our results, although preliminary due to a relatively small sample (n = 56),
allow us to put forward a new hypothesis suggesting that the intense spiritual
practice that characterizes the Tariqa, would allow “a work of the self on self”
through a set of “techniques of the self” (Foucault) that contribute to a certain
emotional well-being, if not to mental health.
Conclusion:
Our conclusion underlines the importance of investigating more in
depth the possible contribution of religiosity to the subject’s capacity to act on
oneself in order to emerge as a spiritual, ethical and political subject.