Investigation of the Relations between Religious Activities and Subjective Well-Being of High School Students

Autor/in	Eryilmaz, Ali
Titel	Investigation of the Relations between Religious Activities and Subjective Well-Being of High School Students
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 15 (2015) 2, S.433-444 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Religion; Religious Factors; High School Students; Well Being; Adolescents; Life Satisfaction; Affective Behavior; Positive Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Correlation; Content Analysis; Mixed Methods Research; Student Attitudes; Interviews; Student Characteristics; Likert Scales; Islam; Muslims; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lebensvollendung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Negative Fixierung; Korrelation; Inhaltsanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Likert-Skala; Muslim; Muslimin; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to investigate the relation between participation in religious activities and the subjective wellbeing of high school students. The study group involves 196 participants, 99 female and 97 male; all of the participants were adolescents attending high school in Eskisehir, Turkey, their ages varying from 14 to 16. The measurement scales used in this study included: Satisfaction with Life, Positive-Negative Affect, and Adolescents' Subjective Well-being Increasing Strategies. The Pearson correlation technique and content analysis method were employed. Though in low levels, quantitative findings show a significant relation between life satisfaction, positive affection, and participation in religious activities. However, no such significant relation could be found for negative affection and participation in religious activities. Qualitative findings show high school students have a better subjective well-being when involved in religious activities, ranging from praying alone to going to mosque on holy days, which helps them discharge religious duties, meets the need for building intimacy with someone, gives them sense of security, instills hope in them, fosters good manners in them, makes them feel rewarded, and helps them cope with stress. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01