Dini Yönelim ve Psikolojik Belirtiler Arasındaki İlişki

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 114 - 122, 27.06.2025

Gönül Taşçıoğlu , Fatma Gül Cirhinlioglu , Ebru Tansel

https://doi.org/10.35365/ctjpp.25.2.01

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı dini yönelimler ile psikolojik rahatsızlık belirtileri arasındaki ilişkileri saptamaktır. Bu tanımlayıcı ve korelasyonel çalışma, Nisan 2019 - Aralık 2019 tarihleri arasında KKTC'de ikamet eden yetişkin 341 kadın ve 236 erkek katılımcı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma verilerinin toplanmasında, Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Dini Yönelim Ölçeği (The Religious Orientation Scale–ROS, Allport ve Ross, 1967) ve Belirti Tarama Listesi 90 (SCL-90, Derogatis ve Lipman, 1973) kullanılmıştır. Katılımcıların içsel ve dışsal dini yönelim durumlarına göre SCL-90 puanlarının karşılaştırılmasında bağımsız örneklem t testi kullanılmıştır. İçsel dini yönelim puanları son %27’lik (yüksek olan) dilimde olan katılımcıların SCL-90 Kişilerarası Duyarlılık, Anksiyete, Fobik Anksiyete, Paranoid Düşünce ve Psikotizm ve Genel puanları ilk %27’lik (düşük olan) dilimde olan katılımcılara göre anlamlı düzeyde yüksek bulunmuştur. Dışsal dini yönelim puanları son %27’lik (yüksek olan) dilimde olan katılımcıların SCL-90 Kişilerarası Duyarlılık, Fobik Anksiyete, Paranoid Düşünce ve Psikotizm ve Genel puanları ilk %27’lik (düşük olan) dilimde olan katılımcılara göre anlamlı düzeyde yüksek bulunmuştur. Çalışma, ister içsel ister dışsal olsun, yüksek dini yönelimin psikopatoloji düzeyini artırdığını göstermektedir. Farklı ülke ve gruplarda farklı sonuçların tespit edilmiş olması kültürel faktörlerin etkisine dikkat çekmektedir.

Keywords

Dini yönelim , Psikolojik sıkıntı belirtileri , islam

The Relationship Between Religious Orientation and Psychological Distress Symptoms

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between religious orientations and symptoms of psychological distress. This descriptive and correlational study was conducted with 341 adult female and 236 male participants residing in TRNC between April 2019 and December 2019. The Personal Information Form, Religious Orientation Scale (ROS, Allport & Ross, 1967) and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90, Derogatis & Lipman, 1973) were used to collect the research data. The independent sample t-test was used to compare the SCL-90 scores according to the participants' intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientation. The SCL-90 Interpersonal Sensitivity, Anxiety, Phobic Anxiety, Paranoid Thought and Psychoticism and General Severity Index (GSI) scores of the participants whose intrinsic orientation scores were in the lower 27% (high scores) were found to be significantly higher than those in the lower 27% (low scores). The Interpersonal Sensitivity, Phobic Anxiety, Paranoid Ideation and Psychoticism and GSI scores of the participants whose extrinsic religious orientation scores in the lower 27% (high scores) were found to be significantly higher than those in the upper 27% (low scores). The study shows that high religious orientation, regardless of whether it is internal or external, increases the level of psychopathology. The fact that different results were detected in different countries and groups draws attention to the influence of cultural factors.
Keywords: Religious orientation, symptoms of psychological distress, Islam.

Keywords

Religious orientation , Syptoms of psychological distress , Islam

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