LIFE EVENTS AND POSITIVE RELIGIOUS COPING

Abstract

Studies carried out both in Turkey and abroad reveal religious coping strategies to be the most commonly used coping strategies among the various methods of coping with life events. There are both positive and negative forms of religious coping. The goal of this study is to identify the components of successful religious coping strategies in the coping process, to identify the relationship between these components and successfully dealing with crises, and to identify the relationship between varieties of life events and the religious coping process. An additional goal of the study is to better understand the relationship between life events and the psychological development process. The method of qualitative analysis was employed in this study. A semi-structured interview form was utilized in interviews carried out with 52 volunteer participants between the ages of 25 and 65, who were selected using a snowball method. 26 of the participants were determined to have used positive religious coping and only these were included in the study. Interviews were conducted and recorded, and subsequently transcribed by the researcher. Qualitative analysis was performed on the data using the MAXQDA 11 program. The principal findings of this study were that individuals’ responses to life events were more influential than the nature of the life events themselves on the coping process, and that life events were of the utmost importance in faith and personal development. This study also found that belief, effort, patience, and acceptance all produced different results in carrying out the coping process in a positive and effective way.

Keywords

• Religious Coping
• Life Events
• Positive Religious Coping Styles.

YAŞAM OLAYLARI VE OLUMLU DİNİ BAŞA ÇIKMA

Abstract

Yaşam olayları ile başa çıkma tarzları arasında dini başa çıkma, hem ülkemizde hemde yurt dışında yapılan çalışmalarda en sık kullanılan bir başa çıkma tarzı olarak karşımız çıkmaktadır. Ancak dini başa çıkmanın olumlu ve olumsuz formları vardır. Bu çalışmanın amacı başa çıkma sürecinde olumlu dini başa çıkma bileşenlerini ve bunların kriz yönetimi ile ilişkisini görmenin yanı sıra, yaşam olaylarının farklılığının dini başa çıkma süreci ile ilişkisini tanımlamaktır. Ayrıca yaşam olayının manevi gelişim süreci ile ilişkisinin nasıl olduğunun anlaşılması da çalışmanın amaçları arasındadır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu 25-65 yaş arası kartopu (snowball) yöntem ile ulaşılan 52 gönüllü katılımcıya uygulanmıştır. Katılımcılardan 26 tanesinin olumlu dini başa çıkma kullandığı tespit edilmiştir ve bu çalışmada sadece bunlara yer verilmiştir. Yapılan görüşmeler ses kayıt cihazına kaydedildikten sonra araştırmacı tarafından yazıya geçirilmiştir. Verilerin MAXQDA 11 bilgisayar programında nitel veri analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırmada yaşam olayının ne olduğundan çok bireylerin buna verdikleri tepkinin başa çıkma süreci üzerinde etkili olduğu, yaşam olaylarının inanç gelişimi ve dönüşümü üzerinde son derece önemli olduğu bulunmuştur. Başa çıkma sürecinin olumlu ve etkili yönetilmesinde inanç, emek, sabır ve kabullenmenin farklı sonuçlar ortaya çıkardığı görülmüştür.

Keywords

• Dini Başa Çıkma
• Yaşam Olayları
• Olumlu Dini Başa Çıkma.

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