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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Main Author: Ali Ayten
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Language:English
Published: Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi 2017-11-01
Series:Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi İslam Tetkikleri Merkezi Dergisi
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-8e4a0ef13465422eb3de510de28a6d6c2025-08-20T03:10:13ZengYakın Doğu ÜniversitesiYakın Doğu Üniversitesi İslam Tetkikleri Merkezi Dergisi2687-41482017-11-0132725249The RelationshIp between helping behaviors, religiosity and lIfe satisfaction. A case study on Turkish MuslimsAli AytenLast 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.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/593041helping behaviorsprosocial behavioraltruismreligiosityempathylife satisfactionyardım etme davranışlarıprososyal davranışözgecilikdindarlıkempatihayat memnuniyeti
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The RelationshIp between helping behaviors, religiosity and lIfe satisfaction. A case study on Turkish Muslims
Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi İslam Tetkikleri Merkezi Dergisi
helping behaviors
prosocial behavior
altruism
religiosity
empathy
life satisfaction
yardım etme davranışları
prososyal davranış
özgecilik
dindarlık
empati
hayat memnuniyeti
title The RelationshIp between helping behaviors, religiosity and lIfe satisfaction. A case study on Turkish Muslims
title_full The RelationshIp between helping behaviors, religiosity and lIfe satisfaction. A case study on Turkish Muslims
title_fullStr The RelationshIp between helping behaviors, religiosity and lIfe satisfaction. A case study on Turkish Muslims
title_full_unstemmed The RelationshIp between helping behaviors, religiosity and lIfe satisfaction. A case study on Turkish Muslims
title_short The RelationshIp between helping behaviors, religiosity and lIfe satisfaction. A case study on Turkish Muslims
title_sort relationship between helping behaviors religiosity and life satisfaction a case study on turkish muslims
topic helping behaviors
prosocial behavior
altruism
religiosity
empathy
life satisfaction
yardım etme davranışları
prososyal davranış
özgecilik
dindarlık
empati
hayat memnuniyeti
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