Yaşam olayları ve Olumlu Dini Başa Çıkma/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.

Özet

ÖzetYaşam olayları ile başa çıkmatarzları arasında dini başa çıkma, hem ülkemizde hem de yurt dışında yapılan çalışmalardaen sık kullanılan bir başa çıkma tarzı olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Ancak dinibaşa çıkmanın olumlu ve olumsuz formları vardır. Bu çalışmanın amacı başa çıkmasürecinde olumlu dini başa çıkma bileşenlerini ve bunların kriz yönetimi ileilişkisini görmenin yanı sıra, yaşam olaylarının farklılığının dini başa çıkmasüreci ile ilişkisini tanımlamaktır. Ayrıca yaşam olayının manevi gelişimsüreci ile ilişkisinin nasıl olduğunun anlaşılması da çalışmanın amaçlarıarasındadır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmışgörüşme formu 25-65 yaş arası kartopu (snowball) yöntem ile ulaşılan 52 gönüllükatılımcıya uygulanmıştır. Katılımcılardan 26 tanesinin olumlu dini başa çıkmakullandığı tespit edilmiştir ve bu çalışmada sadece bunlara yer verilmiştir. Yapılangörüşmeler ses kayıt cihazına kaydedildikten sonra araştırmacı tarafındanyazıya geçirilmiştir. Verilerin MAXQDA 11 bilgisayar programında nitel verianalizi yapılmıştır. Araştırmada yaşam olayının ne olduğundan çok bireylerinbuna verdikleri tepkinin başa çıkma süreci üzerinde etkili olduğu, yaşam olaylarınıninanç gelişimi ve dönüşümü üzerinde son derece önemli olduğu bulunmuştur. Başaçıkma sürecinin olumlu ve etkili yönetilmesinde inanç, emek, sabır ve kabullenmeninfarklı sonuçlar ortaya çıkardığı görülmüştür.Anahtar Kelimeler: Dini Başa Çıkma, Yaşam Olayları, Olumlu Dini Başa Çıkma. Abstract Studies carried out both in Turkey and abroad revealreligious coping strategies to be the most commonly used coping strategiesamong the various methods of coping with life events. There are both positiveand negative forms of religious coping. The goal of this study is to identifythe components of successful religious coping strategies in the coping process,to identify the relationship between these components and successfully dealingwith crises, and to identify the relationship between varieties of life eventsand the religious coping process. An additional goal of the study is to betterunderstand the relationship between life events and the psychologicaldevelopment process. The method of qualitative analysis was employed in thisstudy. A semi-structured interview form was utilized in interviews carried outwith 52 volunteer participants between the ages of 25 and 65, who were selectedusing a snowball method. 26 of the participants were determined to have usedpositive religious coping and only these were included in the study. Interviewswere conducted and recorded, and subsequently transcribed by the researcher.Qualitative analysis was performed on the data using the MAXQDA 11 program. Theprincipal findings of this study were that individuals' responses to lifeevents were more influential than the nature of the life events themselves onthe coping process, and that life events were of the utmost importance in faithand personal development. This study also found that belief, effort, patience,and acceptance all produced different results in carrying out the copingprocess in a positive and effective way.Key Words: Religious Coping, Life Events, Positive Religious Coping Styles.