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Testing the Mediating Role of Existential Meaning on the Link between Religiosity and Satisfaction with Life: A Study on Turkish Muslim University Students

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 21, 1 - 17, 15.01.2022

Muhammet Enes Vural Ali Ayten

Abstract

This study aims to test the mediating role of meaning in life in the relationship between religiosity and life satisfaction. The sample of the study recruited from 256 Turkish Muslim undergraduates from two different universities in Turkey. Participants were recruited through random sampling technique. The mean age of the sample, which consisted of 144 (56.3%) women and 112 (43.8%) men, was between the ages of 20-40 and was 23 (SD= 0.2065). The Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale, Short Religiosity Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale are utilised in this study. Correlation analysis revealed that there is a positive correlation between religiosity, meaning in life, and satisfaction with life. Furthermore, path analysis showed that meaning in life played a partial mediating role in the effect of religiosity and life satisfaction.

Keywords

psychology of religion mental health Meaning in life Existential Meaning Religiosity Satisfaction with Life Structural Equation Modelling

References

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  • Aghababaei, Naser - Sohrabi, Faramarz - Eskandari, Hossein - Borjali, Ahmad - Farrokhi, Noorali - Chen, Zhuo Job. “Predicting Subjective Well-Being by Religious and Scientific Attitudes with Hope, Purpose in Life, and Death Anxiety as Mediators.” Personality and Individual Differences 90/May 2018 (2016): 93–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.046.
  • Ayten, Ali. “Din ve Sağlık: Bireysel Dindarlık, Sağlık Davranışları ve Hayat Memnuniyeti Ilişkisi Üzerine Bir Araştırma [Religion and Health: A Study on the Relationship between Individual Religiosity, Health Behavior and Life Satisfaction].” Din Bilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi 13/3 (2013): 7–31.
  • Ayten, Ali. Prososyal Davranışlarda Dindarlık ve Empatinin Rolü [The Role of Religiosity and Empathy on Prosocial Behaviors]. Marmara University, 2009.
  • Ayten, Ali. Tanrı’ya Sığınmak. İstanbul: İz Yayıncılık, 2012.
  • Ayten, Ali - Korkmaz, Sezai. “The Relationships between Religiosity, Prosociality, Satisfaction with Life and Generalised Anxiety: A Study on Turkish Muslims.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2019.1695246.
  • Ayten, Ali - Yıldız, Refik. “Dindarlık, Hayat Memnuniyeti Ilişkisinde Dini Başa Çıkmanın Rolü Nedir? Emekliler Üzerine Bir Araştırma [What Is the Role of Religious Coping on the Relationship between Religiosity and Life Satisfaction? A Study among Retirees].” Din Bilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi 16/1 (2016): 281–308.
  • Bahadır, Abdülkerim. İnsanın Anlam Arayışı ve Din: Logoterapik Bir Araştırma [Man’s Search for Meaning and Religion: A Logotherapeutic Research]. İstanbul: İnsan Yayınları, 2011.
  • Çamur, Zeliha. Yaşamda Anlam ve Dindarlık İlişkisi (Geç Ergenlik Dönemi) [The Relationship Between Meaning in Life and Religiosity (Late Adolescence)]. Samsun: Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2014.
  • Chamberlain, Kerry - Zika, Sheryl. “Religiosity, Life Meaning and Wellbeing: Some Relationships in a Sample of Women.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 27/3 (1988): 411. https://doi.org/10.2307/1387379.
  • Clark, Eddie M. - Williams, Beverly Rosa - Huang, Jin - Roth, David L. - Holt, Cheryl L. “A Longitudinal Study of Religiosity, Spiritual Health Locus of Control, and Health Behaviors in a National Sample of African Americans.” Journal of Religion and Health 57/6 (2018): 2258–2278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0548-0.
  • Diener, Ed - Emmons, Robert A - Larsen, Randy J - Griffin, Sharon. “The Satisfaction With Life Scale.” Journal of Personality Assessment 49/1 (1985): 71–75. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13.
  • Francis, Leslie J. - Hills, Peter R. “The Development of the Meaning in Life Index MILI and Its Relationship with Personality and Religious Behaviours and Beliefs among UK Undergraduate.Pdf.” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 11/2 (2008): 211–220.
  • George, Login S - Park, Crystal L. “The Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale: A Tripartite Approach to Measuring Meaning in Life.” Journal of Positive Psychology 12/6 (2017): 613–627. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1209546.
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  • Khan, Bushra - Subhani, Bushra - Ara, Anjum. “Religiosity and Life Satisfaction.” Pakistan Journal of Psychology 44/1 (2013): 3–14.
  • King, Laura A. - Hicks, Joshua A. - Krull, Jennifer L. - Gaiso, Amber K. Del. “Positive Affect and the Experience of Meaning in Life.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 90/1 (2006): 179–196. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.90.1.179.
  • Kline, R B. Principles and Practices of Structural Equation Modelling. Methodology in the social sciences. Fourth. New York: The Guilford Press, 2015.
  • Koenig, Harold G. “The Framework of Religious-Spiritual Counselling: Religion, Spirituality, and Health: Research, Clinical Applications, and Resources.” In Religious-Spiritual Counselling & Care. Eds. Ali Ayten - Mustafa Koç - Nuri Tınaz - M Doğan. İstanbul: DEM Yayınları, 2016.
  • Krause, Neal. “Religious Meaning and Subjective Well-Being in Late Life.” Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 58/3 (2003): 160–170.
  • Krok, Dariusz. “The Religious Meaning System and Subjective Well-Being.” Archive for the Psychology of Religion 36/2 (September 15, 2014): 253–273. https://doi.org/10.1163/15736121-12341288.
  • Krok, Dariusz. “When Is Meaning in Life Most Beneficial to Young People? Styles of Meaning in Life and Well-Being Among Late Adolescents.” Journal of Adult Development 25/2 (June 1, 2018): 96–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-017-9280-y.
  • Lewis Hall, M. Elizabeth - Hill, Peter. “Meaning-Making, Suffering, and Religion: A Worldview Conception.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture 22/5 (2019): 467–479. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2019.1625037.
  • Mollidor, Claudia - Hancock, Nicole - Pepper, Miriam. “Volunteering, Religiosity and Well-Being: Interrelationships among Australian Churchgoers.” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 18/1 (2015): 20–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2014.1003169.
  • Munawar, Khadeeja - Tariq, Omama. “Exploring Relationship Between Spiritual Intelligence, Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Among Elderly Pakistani Muslims.” Journal of Religion and Health 57/3 (2018): 781–795. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0360-x.
  • Nell, Werner - Rothmann, Sebastiaan. “Hope, Religiosity, and Subjective Well-Being.” Journal of Psychology in Africa 28/4 (2018): 253–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2018.1505239.
  • Netzer, Pninit Russo. “Prioritizing Meaning as a Pathway to Meaning in Life and Well‑Being.” Journal of Happiness Studies. 0123456789 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-0031-y.
  • Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam. “Religiosity and Life Satisfaction across Nations.” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 13/2 (2010): 155–169. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674670903273801.
  • Pargament, Kenneth I. The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research, Practice. New York: The Guilford Press, 1997.
  • Park, Chan Jeong - Yoo, Sung Kyung. “Meaning in Life and Its Relationships with Intrinsic Religiosity, Deliberate Rumination, and Emotional Regulation.” Asian Journal of Social Psychology 19/4 (2016): 325–335. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12151.
  • Park, Crystal L. “Meaning Making in the Context of Disasters.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 72/12 (2016): 1234–1246. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22270.
  • Park, Crystal L. “Religion as a Meaning-Making Framework in Coping with Life Stress.” Journal of Social Issues 61/4 (2005): 707–729. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2005.00428.x.
  • Park, Crystal L. - Folkman, Susan. “Meaning in the Context of Stress and Coping.” Review of General Psychology 1/2 (1997): 115–144.
  • Park, Crystal L. “Religiousness/Spirituality and Health: A Meaning Systems Perspective.” Journal of behavioral medicine 30/4 (August 2007): 319–328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-007-9111-x.
  • Park, Nansook - Park, Myungsook - Peterson, Christopher. “When Is the Search for Meaning Related to Life Satisfaction?” Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being 2/1 (2010): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-0854.2009.01024.x.
  • Perveen, Aisha - Mehmood, Babak - Yasin, Mian Ghulam. “Materialism and Life Satisfaction in Muslim Youth: Role of Gratitude and Religiosity.” Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 32/1 (2017): 231–245.
  • Peterson, Christopher - Seligman, M. E. P. Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.4.820-a.
  • Schermelleh-Engel, K - Moosbrugger, H - Müller, H. “Evaluating the Fit of Structural Equation Models: Tests of Significance and Descriptive Goodness-of-Fit Measures.” Methods of Psychological Research Online 8/2 (2003): 23–74.
  • Schumacker, Randall E. - Lomax, Richard G. A Beginner’s Guide to Structural Equation Modeling. A Beginner’s Guide to Structural Equation Modeling. Fourth. New York: Routledge, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410610904.
  • Shrira, Amit - Palgi, Yuval - Ben-Ezra, Menachem - Shmotkin, Dov. “How Subjective Well-Being and Meaning in Life Interact in the Hostile World?” Journal of Positive Psychology 6/4 (2011): 273–285. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2011.577090.
  • Sørensen, Torgeir - Cour, Peter la - Danbolt, Lars Johan - Stifoss-Hanssen, Hans - Lien, Lars - DeMarinis, Valerie - Pedersen, Heidi Frølund - Schnell, Tatjana. “The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the Norwegian Context: Relations to Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Self-Efficacy.” International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 29/1 (2019): 32–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2018.1547614.
  • Steger, Michael F. “Experiencing Meaning in Life: Optimal Functioning at the Nexus of Well-Being, Psychopathology, and Spirituality.” In The human quest for meaning. 211–230. Routledge, 2013.
  • Steger, Michael F. - Frazier, Patricia. “Meaning in Life: One Link in the Chain from Religiousness to Well-Being.” Journal of Counseling Psychology 52/4 (2005): 574–582. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.52.4.574.
  • Steger, Michael F. - Kashdan, Todd B. “The Unbearable Lightness of Meaning: Well-Being and Unstable Meaning in Life.” Journal of Positive Psychology 8/2 (2013): 103–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2013.771208.
  • Steger, Michael F. - Oishi, Shigehiro - Kesebir, Selin. “Is a Life without Meaning Satisfying? The Moderating Role of the Search for Meaning in Satisfaction with Life Judgments.” Journal of Positive Psychology 6/3 (2011): 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2011.569171.
  • Ulu, Mustafa. “Hayati Anlamlandirma İle Ki̇şi̇li̇k Özelli̇kleri̇ Arasindaki̇ İli̇şki̇ Üzeri̇ne [On the Relationship between the Quest for Meaning and Personality Traits].” bilimname. 36 (2018): 165–187.
  • Yeniaras, Volkan - Akarsu, Tugra Nazli. “Religiosity and Life Satisfaction: A Multi-Dimensional Approach.” Journal of Happiness Studies 18/6 (2017): 1815–1840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9803-4.
  • Yıldırım, Murat vd. “Meaning in Life, Religious Coping, and Loneliness During the Coronavirus Health Crisis in Turkey.” Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01173-7

Dindarlık ve Hayat Memnuniyeti Arasındaki İlişkide Varoluşsal Anlamın Aracı Rolünün Test Edilmesi: Müslüman Türk Üniversite Öğrencileri Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 21, 1 - 17, 15.01.2022

Muhammet Enes Vural Ali Ayten

Abstract

Bu çalışma, dindarlık ile yaşamdan memnuniyet arasındaki ilişkide anlamın yaşamdaki aracı rolünü test etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmanın örneklemi, Türkiye'deki iki farklı üniversiteden 256 Müslüman Türk lisans öğrencisinden alınmıştır. Katılımcılar tesadüfi örnekleme tekniği ile seçilmiştir. 144 (%56,3) kadın ve 112 (%43,8) erkekten oluşan ve 20-40 yaş aralığında olan örneklemin yaş ortalaması 23 (SD= 0,2065)’tür. Bu çalışmada Çok Boyutlu Varoluşsal Anlam Ölçeği, Kısa Dindarlık Ölçeği ve Yaşamdan Memnuniyet Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Korelasyon analizi, dindarlık, hayatın anlamı ve hayattan memnuniyet arasında pozitif bir ilişki olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca, yol analizi, hayattaki anlamın, dindarlık ve hayattan memnuniyetine etkisinde kısmi aracı faktör olarak rol oynadığını göstermiştir.

Keywords

din psikolojisi ruh sağlığı hayatın anlamı varoluşsal anlam dindarlık hayat memnuniyeti yapısal eşitlik modellemesi

References

  • Abu-Raiya, Hisham - Ayten, Ali. “Religious Involvement, Interpersonal Forgiveness and Mental Health and Well-Being Among a Multinational Sample of Muslims.” Journal of Happiness Studies 21/8 (2020): 3051–3067. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00213-8.
  • Aghababaei, Naser - Sohrabi, Faramarz - Eskandari, Hossein - Borjali, Ahmad - Farrokhi, Noorali - Chen, Zhuo Job. “Predicting Subjective Well-Being by Religious and Scientific Attitudes with Hope, Purpose in Life, and Death Anxiety as Mediators.” Personality and Individual Differences 90/May 2018 (2016): 93–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.046.
  • Ayten, Ali. “Din ve Sağlık: Bireysel Dindarlık, Sağlık Davranışları ve Hayat Memnuniyeti Ilişkisi Üzerine Bir Araştırma [Religion and Health: A Study on the Relationship between Individual Religiosity, Health Behavior and Life Satisfaction].” Din Bilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi 13/3 (2013): 7–31.
  • Ayten, Ali. Prososyal Davranışlarda Dindarlık ve Empatinin Rolü [The Role of Religiosity and Empathy on Prosocial Behaviors]. Marmara University, 2009.
  • Ayten, Ali. Tanrı’ya Sığınmak. İstanbul: İz Yayıncılık, 2012.
  • Ayten, Ali - Korkmaz, Sezai. “The Relationships between Religiosity, Prosociality, Satisfaction with Life and Generalised Anxiety: A Study on Turkish Muslims.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2019.1695246.
  • Ayten, Ali - Yıldız, Refik. “Dindarlık, Hayat Memnuniyeti Ilişkisinde Dini Başa Çıkmanın Rolü Nedir? Emekliler Üzerine Bir Araştırma [What Is the Role of Religious Coping on the Relationship between Religiosity and Life Satisfaction? A Study among Retirees].” Din Bilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi 16/1 (2016): 281–308.
  • Bahadır, Abdülkerim. İnsanın Anlam Arayışı ve Din: Logoterapik Bir Araştırma [Man’s Search for Meaning and Religion: A Logotherapeutic Research]. İstanbul: İnsan Yayınları, 2011.
  • Çamur, Zeliha. Yaşamda Anlam ve Dindarlık İlişkisi (Geç Ergenlik Dönemi) [The Relationship Between Meaning in Life and Religiosity (Late Adolescence)]. Samsun: Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2014.
  • Chamberlain, Kerry - Zika, Sheryl. “Religiosity, Life Meaning and Wellbeing: Some Relationships in a Sample of Women.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 27/3 (1988): 411. https://doi.org/10.2307/1387379.
  • Clark, Eddie M. - Williams, Beverly Rosa - Huang, Jin - Roth, David L. - Holt, Cheryl L. “A Longitudinal Study of Religiosity, Spiritual Health Locus of Control, and Health Behaviors in a National Sample of African Americans.” Journal of Religion and Health 57/6 (2018): 2258–2278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0548-0.
  • Diener, Ed - Emmons, Robert A - Larsen, Randy J - Griffin, Sharon. “The Satisfaction With Life Scale.” Journal of Personality Assessment 49/1 (1985): 71–75. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13.
  • Francis, Leslie J. - Hills, Peter R. “The Development of the Meaning in Life Index MILI and Its Relationship with Personality and Religious Behaviours and Beliefs among UK Undergraduate.Pdf.” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 11/2 (2008): 211–220.
  • George, Login S - Park, Crystal L. “The Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale: A Tripartite Approach to Measuring Meaning in Life.” Journal of Positive Psychology 12/6 (2017): 613–627. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1209546.
  • Gull, Fouzia - Dawood, Saima. “Religiosity and Subjective Well-Being amongst Institutionalized Elderly in Pakistan.” Health promotion perspectives 3/1 (2013): 124–128. https://doi.org/10.5681/hpp.2013.014.
  • Homan, Kristin J. - Boyatzis, Chris J. “Religiosity, Sense of Meaning, and Health Behavior in Older Adults.” International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 20/3 (2010): 173–186. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2010.481225.
  • Khan, Bushra - Subhani, Bushra - Ara, Anjum. “Religiosity and Life Satisfaction.” Pakistan Journal of Psychology 44/1 (2013): 3–14.
  • King, Laura A. - Hicks, Joshua A. - Krull, Jennifer L. - Gaiso, Amber K. Del. “Positive Affect and the Experience of Meaning in Life.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 90/1 (2006): 179–196. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.90.1.179.
  • Kline, R B. Principles and Practices of Structural Equation Modelling. Methodology in the social sciences. Fourth. New York: The Guilford Press, 2015.
  • Koenig, Harold G. “The Framework of Religious-Spiritual Counselling: Religion, Spirituality, and Health: Research, Clinical Applications, and Resources.” In Religious-Spiritual Counselling & Care. Eds. Ali Ayten - Mustafa Koç - Nuri Tınaz - M Doğan. İstanbul: DEM Yayınları, 2016.
  • Krause, Neal. “Religious Meaning and Subjective Well-Being in Late Life.” Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 58/3 (2003): 160–170.
  • Krok, Dariusz. “The Religious Meaning System and Subjective Well-Being.” Archive for the Psychology of Religion 36/2 (September 15, 2014): 253–273. https://doi.org/10.1163/15736121-12341288.
  • Krok, Dariusz. “When Is Meaning in Life Most Beneficial to Young People? Styles of Meaning in Life and Well-Being Among Late Adolescents.” Journal of Adult Development 25/2 (June 1, 2018): 96–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-017-9280-y.
  • Lewis Hall, M. Elizabeth - Hill, Peter. “Meaning-Making, Suffering, and Religion: A Worldview Conception.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture 22/5 (2019): 467–479. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2019.1625037.
  • Mollidor, Claudia - Hancock, Nicole - Pepper, Miriam. “Volunteering, Religiosity and Well-Being: Interrelationships among Australian Churchgoers.” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 18/1 (2015): 20–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2014.1003169.
  • Munawar, Khadeeja - Tariq, Omama. “Exploring Relationship Between Spiritual Intelligence, Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Among Elderly Pakistani Muslims.” Journal of Religion and Health 57/3 (2018): 781–795. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0360-x.
  • Nell, Werner - Rothmann, Sebastiaan. “Hope, Religiosity, and Subjective Well-Being.” Journal of Psychology in Africa 28/4 (2018): 253–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2018.1505239.
  • Netzer, Pninit Russo. “Prioritizing Meaning as a Pathway to Meaning in Life and Well‑Being.” Journal of Happiness Studies. 0123456789 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-0031-y.
  • Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam. “Religiosity and Life Satisfaction across Nations.” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 13/2 (2010): 155–169. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674670903273801.
  • Pargament, Kenneth I. The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research, Practice. New York: The Guilford Press, 1997.
  • Park, Chan Jeong - Yoo, Sung Kyung. “Meaning in Life and Its Relationships with Intrinsic Religiosity, Deliberate Rumination, and Emotional Regulation.” Asian Journal of Social Psychology 19/4 (2016): 325–335. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12151.
  • Park, Crystal L. “Meaning Making in the Context of Disasters.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 72/12 (2016): 1234–1246. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22270.
  • Park, Crystal L. “Religion as a Meaning-Making Framework in Coping with Life Stress.” Journal of Social Issues 61/4 (2005): 707–729. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2005.00428.x.
  • Park, Crystal L. - Folkman, Susan. “Meaning in the Context of Stress and Coping.” Review of General Psychology 1/2 (1997): 115–144.
  • Park, Crystal L. “Religiousness/Spirituality and Health: A Meaning Systems Perspective.” Journal of behavioral medicine 30/4 (August 2007): 319–328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-007-9111-x.
  • Park, Nansook - Park, Myungsook - Peterson, Christopher. “When Is the Search for Meaning Related to Life Satisfaction?” Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being 2/1 (2010): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-0854.2009.01024.x.
  • Perveen, Aisha - Mehmood, Babak - Yasin, Mian Ghulam. “Materialism and Life Satisfaction in Muslim Youth: Role of Gratitude and Religiosity.” Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 32/1 (2017): 231–245.
  • Peterson, Christopher - Seligman, M. E. P. Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.4.820-a.
  • Schermelleh-Engel, K - Moosbrugger, H - Müller, H. “Evaluating the Fit of Structural Equation Models: Tests of Significance and Descriptive Goodness-of-Fit Measures.” Methods of Psychological Research Online 8/2 (2003): 23–74.
  • Schumacker, Randall E. - Lomax, Richard G. A Beginner’s Guide to Structural Equation Modeling. A Beginner’s Guide to Structural Equation Modeling. Fourth. New York: Routledge, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410610904.
  • Shrira, Amit - Palgi, Yuval - Ben-Ezra, Menachem - Shmotkin, Dov. “How Subjective Well-Being and Meaning in Life Interact in the Hostile World?” Journal of Positive Psychology 6/4 (2011): 273–285. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2011.577090.
  • Sørensen, Torgeir - Cour, Peter la - Danbolt, Lars Johan - Stifoss-Hanssen, Hans - Lien, Lars - DeMarinis, Valerie - Pedersen, Heidi Frølund - Schnell, Tatjana. “The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the Norwegian Context: Relations to Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Self-Efficacy.” International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 29/1 (2019): 32–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2018.1547614.
  • Steger, Michael F. “Experiencing Meaning in Life: Optimal Functioning at the Nexus of Well-Being, Psychopathology, and Spirituality.” In The human quest for meaning. 211–230. Routledge, 2013.
  • Steger, Michael F. - Frazier, Patricia. “Meaning in Life: One Link in the Chain from Religiousness to Well-Being.” Journal of Counseling Psychology 52/4 (2005): 574–582. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.52.4.574.
  • Steger, Michael F. - Kashdan, Todd B. “The Unbearable Lightness of Meaning: Well-Being and Unstable Meaning in Life.” Journal of Positive Psychology 8/2 (2013): 103–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2013.771208.
  • Steger, Michael F. - Oishi, Shigehiro - Kesebir, Selin. “Is a Life without Meaning Satisfying? The Moderating Role of the Search for Meaning in Satisfaction with Life Judgments.” Journal of Positive Psychology 6/3 (2011): 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2011.569171.
  • Ulu, Mustafa. “Hayati Anlamlandirma İle Ki̇şi̇li̇k Özelli̇kleri̇ Arasindaki̇ İli̇şki̇ Üzeri̇ne [On the Relationship between the Quest for Meaning and Personality Traits].” bilimname. 36 (2018): 165–187.
  • Yeniaras, Volkan - Akarsu, Tugra Nazli. “Religiosity and Life Satisfaction: A Multi-Dimensional Approach.” Journal of Happiness Studies 18/6 (2017): 1815–1840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9803-4.
  • Yıldırım, Murat vd. “Meaning in Life, Religious Coping, and Loneliness During the Coronavirus Health Crisis in Turkey.” Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01173-7
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Primary Language English
Subjects Religious Studies
Journal Section Articles
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Muhammet Enes Vural 0000-0003-0297-3765

Ali Ayten 0000-0002-2787-2429

Early Pub Date January 15, 2022
Publication Date January 15, 2022
Acceptance Date January 5, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 11 Issue: 21

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ISNAD Vural, Muhammet Enes - Ayten, Ali. “Testing the Mediating Role of Existential Meaning on the Link Between Religiosity and Satisfaction With Life: A Study on Turkish Muslim University Students”. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 11/21 (January 2022), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.53683/gifad.1030792.
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