Does Ramadan Affect Happiness? Evidence from Turkey

IF 0.8 3区 哲学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Z. Ugur
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Abstract

The lunar month of Ramadan is an important time period for Muslims around the world. In this study, we examine whether Ramadan brings happiness to individuals. For this purpose, we conducted a survey once before Ramadan, three times during Ramadan, and once after Ramadan. Our results show that with every week in Ramadan, a small boost of happiness is reported. Yet, two weeks after Ramadan, people seem to return to their baseline level of happiness. We suggest that Ramadan is associated with higher well-being due to increased socialization as non-fasting and those who fast partially also has statistically higher happiness scores than pre-Ramadan sample. Yet, those who have highest happiness scores are those who fasted fully.
斋月影响幸福吗?来自土耳其的证据
对全世界的穆斯林来说,农历斋月是一个重要的时期。在这项研究中,我们考察了斋月是否给个人带来了幸福。为此,我们在斋月前进行了一次调查,斋月期间进行了三次调查,斋月后进行了一次调查。我们的研究结果表明,在斋月的每一周,幸福感都有小幅提升。然而,斋月过后两周,人们似乎又回到了幸福的基线水平。我们认为斋月与更高的幸福感有关,因为非斋戒的社交增加了,那些部分禁食的人也比斋月前的样本有更高的幸福感得分。然而,那些幸福得分最高的人是那些完全禁食的人。
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期刊介绍: The international, peer-reviewed journal Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is the oldest periodical that publishes research in the psychology of religion. It is the organ of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR), founded in 1914. The Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is open to all scientific methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative.
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