Table 3.

Factors associated with stress-related self-efficacy (all values are standardized)

Exogenous variables	Endogenous variable	Covariances
	Stress-related self-efficacy	2.	3.	4.	5	6	7.	8.	9.
1. Social identification as a Hindu	0.14***	0.16***	0.09*	0.20***	−0.04	0.09***	0.15***	−0.02	0.12**
2. Religious practices at home	0.08		0.38***	0.10*	0.10*	0.39***	0.15***	0.01	0.48***
3. Religious practices in temples	0.06			0.09*	0.01	0.00	0.01	−0.02	0.03
4. Perceived standing in the group	0.35***				−0.02	−0.09*	0.15***	−0.04	0.04
5. Age	−0.15***					0.21***	0.02	−0.20***	−0.04
6. Gender	0.10*						−0.03	−0.02	0.62***
7. Caste	0.04							−0.02	0.14***
8. Marital status	−0.00								0.13***
9. Education	0.13**

Note:

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01

^***p < .001;

Female, low-caste, widowed and illiterate participants were coded zero