The effect of the theistic fatalism perception on the attitude of coping with problems: Bolu example

As a concept of "fate", which is still being discussed today, is a problem dealt with within the Kalam discipline in Islamic religion. In the theistic belief of fate, it is believed that everything is appreciated by God knowingly beforehand. Therefore, humans beings also use the theistic fatalism perception while coping dealing with problems. In this study, it is aimed to determine the effect of theistic fatalism perception on attitudes of coping with problems. In this study, it was investigated whether there is a significant relationship between the theistic fate perception and the attitude of coping with problems, and whether some variables have a mediating effect on this relationship. The questionnaire was applied to the survey on 402 people selected by random sampling method among adults living in Bolu province, and the Theistic Perception of Destiny Scale and the Assessment of Coping Attitudes (COPE) Scale were used in this context. The foremost result of the research is that the participants have a perception that holds more people responsible than what happened to them. The perception level of believing that only God has of the will in the events that happened to them was measured as 23%. The attitudes of the participants to cope with the problems to be at a medium of level with 52%. When different coping strategies were evaluated in detail, it was seen mainly to use religious coping (%80,92), it has been observed that they resort to positive reinterpretation and development, planning, active coping, and useful social support use more. As a result of the research, it was determined that there is a positive and significant relationship, albeit at a low level, between the theistic perception of destiny and attitudes to cope with problems. In other words, as the theistic fate perception of increases, coping with problems increases significantly. It is possible to say that 2.7% of coping with problems is fed by the theistic perception of fate. When the intermediary effects in the relationship between theistic fatalism perception and the problems and coping attitudes were examined, it was found that gender, age and educational status did not have an intermediary effect on this relationship.