The RelationshIp between helping behaviors, religiosity and lIfe satisfaction. A case study on Turkish Muslims
Last two decades, various studies have been carried out to examinevirtues and their relations to religiosity and positive healthappearances such as happiness, wellbeing and life satisfaction.The emerging of positive psychology has cultivated the spreadingof studies on the relationship between variab...
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| Language: | English |
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Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi İslam Tetkikleri Merkezi Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/593041 |
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| Summary: | Last two decades, various studies have been carried out to examinevirtues and their relations to religiosity and positive healthappearances such as happiness, wellbeing and life satisfaction.The emerging of positive psychology has cultivated the spreadingof studies on the relationship between variables mentioned above.This paper investigates the relationship between helping behaviors,religiosity and life satisfaction on the case of Turkish Muslimsample. A total 230 participants were recruited from different districtsof Istanbul (Turkey) using non-random snowball samplingtechniques in December 2016. Among the participants sampled,47% (N=108) are men and 53% (N=122) women. Ages of participantsrange between 15 and 70 and mean age is 28.5 (SD=10.8).In the current study, “Brief Islamic Religiosity Scale” and “EmpathicInclination Measure”, “Helping Behaviors Scale” and “Scalefor Satisfaction with Life” are applied to the sample. Accordingto regression findings, religiosity has a positive effect on ‘helpingbehaviors’ and ‘life satisfaction’. Findings also indicated thatempathy and religiosity are mediating factor on the relationshipbetween helping and life satisfaction. Implications of these resultsp.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Helvetica}p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times}span.s1 {font: 8.0px Times}span.s2 {font: 8.0px Helvetica}and suggestions for future research are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 2687-4148 |