Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Yaşam Amacı Alt Boyutları ve Dindarlık İlişkisi

Abstract

Araştırmanın temel problemini Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi’nde farklı fakültelerde öğrenim gören öğrencilerin yaşam amacı ve dindarlık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişki oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada, yaşam amacı alt boyutlarından kişisel gelişim, maddi kazanç, fiziksel görünüm, sosyal sorumluluk ve bireysel farkındalık ile dindarlık arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi hedeflenmiştir. Çalışmada aynı zamanda katılımcıların demografik özellikler ile (cinsiyet, öğrenim görülen fakülte ve algılanan akademik başarı düzeyi) yaşam amacı alt boyutları arasında bulunan ilişki de tespit edilmiştir. Örneklem grubu İslami İlimler Fakültesi, Hukuk Fakültesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi ve İşletme Fakültesinden toplam 317 katılımcıdan oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada Gülmez tarafından geliştirilen ‘Dindarlık Ölçeği’ ve Aydıner tarafından geliştirilen ‘Yaşam Amaçları Ölçeği’ kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler SPSS 25 istatistik paket programında analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara göre yaşam amacı alt boyutları ve dindarlık arasında anlamlı ilişki saptanmıştır. Buna göre kişisel gelişim, sosyal sorumluluk ve bireysel farkındalık ile dindarlık arasında anlamlı pozitif yönlü, maddi kazanç ve fiziksel görünüm ile dindarlık arasında anlamlı ve negatif yönlü bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

• Din Psikolojisi
• Bireysel Farkındalık
• Dindarlık
• Kişisel Gelişim
• Yaşam Amacı

The Relationship of Life Purpose Sub-dimensions and Religiousness among University Students

Abstract

The problem of this research is to examine the relationship between life purpose and Religiosity levels of the students at different faculties of Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. The examination of the relationship between personal development, financial gain, physical appearance, social responsibility and individual awareness sub dimensions of life and religiosity was aimed. The relationship between the demographic charasteristics of participants such as gender,faculty studied, perceived academic achievement and the sub dimensions of life purpose was also determined by the study. The sample group consists of 317 participants in total, from Islamic Scienses, Law, Medicine, Engineering and Business Administration faculties. The «Religiousness Scale» developed by Gulmez and «Life Puropse Scale» developed by Aydiner were used in the research. The data obtained were analysed in SPSS 25 Statistics Software Suite. A significant relationship was detected between the sub dimensions of life and religiosity according to the findings gathered. According to this, significant positive relationship was detected between personal development, social responsibility and individual awareness and religiosity, where significant negative relationship was detected between financial gain and physical appearance and religiosity.

Keywords

• Psychology of Religion
• Individual Awareness
• Purpose
• Personal Development
• Religiosity

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