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A Day of Judgment: a Study on Turkish Muslims Students

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The sacred texts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam all advocate the idea of a Day of Judgment following death. The aims of the present study were (1) to investigate the psychometric properties of the Belief in a Day of Judgment Scale (Beshai and Lester 2013), (2) to explore gender- differences in these beliefs, and (3) to investigate differences in beliefs about the Judgment Day across academic disciplines in sampled students. A sample of 275 female and 110 male Turkish students was recruited from six academic disciplines: English language and literature, sociology, mathematics, psychological counseling, divinity, and nursing. Participants responded to the Turkish version of the Belief in a Day of Judgment Scale. Reliability of the scale from this sample revealed a Cronbach’s a of 0.92, and a principal component analysis extracted two components labeled Belief in a Day of Judgment and Bad Behavior/Actions Toward Others. Men and women did not differ in scores, but the discipline-related differences were significant. Further research should use a representative sample derived from the general population in Turkey and explore comparisons among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim samples.

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    Yahya Turan

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    Mahboubeh Dadfar

  3. Department of Philosophy of Religion, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey

    Sait Kar

  4. Psychology Program, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, USA

    David Lester

  5. VAMC, Lebanon, PA, USA

    James A. Bashai

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Appendix 1: Hesap Günüyle (Ahiret) ilişkili Ölüm Kaygısı Ölçeği

Appendix 1: Hesap Günüyle (Ahiret) ilişkili Ölüm Kaygısı Ölçeği

Sayın katılımcı; bu. araştırma bilimsel amaçlarla yürütülmektedir. Cevaplarınız toplu olarak değerlendirilecek ve bilimsel araştırmalar dışında kesinlikle kullanılmayacaktır. Araştırmanın doğru sonuçlar vermesi, sizlerin samimi cevaplarınıza bağlıdır. Aşağıdaki maddeleri dikatlice okumanızı ve size en uygun gelen seçeneği işaretlemenizi rica ederim. (1. Kesinlikle size uygun olmadığını 5 ise kesinlikle size uygun olduğunu ifade etmektedir.)

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3. Evrendeki her şey Allah’ın yüceliğinin göstergesidir.

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4. Hesap gününde, Allah herkesi yargılayacaktır.

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5. Allah, kişinin öleceği yeri ve saati bilir.

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6. İnsanoğlu, hayatının sona ermesi ve toprak olma anlamında ölümlüdür.

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7. Allah, hiçbir iyiliği karşılıksız bırakmaz.

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8. Ölümden sonra bir hesap günü olduğuna inanıyorum.

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9. İnancım bana bir hesap gününün olduğunu hatırlatır.

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10. Allah’a iman onun peygamberlerine imanı gerektirir.

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11. Allah’ın hesap gününde insanları yargılayacağına inanıyorum.

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12. İnsanoğlunun yaptığı her şey hesap gününde sayılıp dökülecektir.

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13.Allah, ölümden sonra insanoğlunun yaptığı her şeye adaletle hükmedecektir.

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14. Ölümden sonra bir hayat olduğuna inanıyorum.

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15. Kişinin ahlaklılığını, diğerleri ile olan ilişkileri gösterir.

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16. Yargılama, insanlar arası ilişkiler (kul hakları) hesaplanmadan bitmeyecektir.

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17. İyi insanların başına gelen kötü şeyler beni endişelendirir.

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18. İyi bir hayatı, uzun ancak iyi olmayan bir hayata tercih ederim.

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19. Ben başkalarının bana karşı davranışlarını yargıladığım gibi onlar da benim davranışlarımı yargılarlar.

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20. Her şeyin ölçütünün “kendim” olduğumu düşünme eğiliminde olduğumdan dolayı endişeliyim.

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Katılımızdan dolayı teşekkür ederim.

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Turan, Y., Dadfar, M., Kar, S. et al. A Day of Judgment: a Study on Turkish Muslims Students. Pastoral Psychol 69, 119–133 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-020-00897-3

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