Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of social support as visionary element of resilience and mental well-being among various religious minorities present in Pakistan. Convenient sampling was employed as the sampling technique for this research. The study included a sample of (N=155) individuals identifying as religious minorities from Rawalpindi, Chakwal and its rural areas. This thesis adopted a cross-sectional survey research design. The scales employed in this research encompassed the Brief Resilience Scale BRS (Smith et al.,2008), Berlin Social Support Scales BSSS (Schwarzer and Schulz, 2000) WarwickEdinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale WEMWBS (Sarah et al., 2007). These scales were utilized to investigate the impacts of social support, resilience, and mental well-being on individuals within the religious minorities in Pakistan. The psychometric characteristics of the scales were found to be satisfactory. Various statistical analyses were performed, encompassing descriptive statistics, reliability analyses, Pearson’s product moment Correlation using, one-way analysis of ANOVA to calculate the results. The findings revealed that the Pearson product moment correlation highlighted a significant strong positive correlation of social support with resilience, and mental well-being. Lastly, resilience shows a significant positive correlation with mental well-being. The linear regression analysis revealed that social support serves as a positive predictor for resilience and mental-well being. One-way ANOVA results indicated that Christians exhibit a higher level of mental well-being compared to Hindus, Sikhs, and Ahmadis. The outcomes of this study hold potential benefits for professionals in the fields of social psychology, educational psychology, health psychology, policy making and counseling.