The Effect of Istighfar on State and Trait Anxiety

The Effect of Istighfar on State and Trait Anxiety

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Istighfar (seeking forgiveness of Allah) and tawbah (repentance) are as old as at least the human history. Anxiety is also a need of human nature. Human develops the strategies to cope with challenges. One of them is religious coping. One of the religious coping ways is istighfar. Constantly perform...

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Main Authors: Ahmet Canan KARAKAŞ, Gülşah Geçimli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ERPA 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies
Online Access:http://www.ojsijpes.com/index.php/ijpes/article/view/47
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spelling doaj-6270dc53c2b74f3ca233f583249032f62021-06-14T19:19:13ZengERPAInternational Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies 2148-93782017-09-0143The Effect of Istighfar on State and Trait AnxietyAhmet Canan KARAKAŞ0Gülşah GeçimliKARABUK University Faculty of TheologyIstighfar (seeking forgiveness of Allah) and tawbah (repentance) are as old as at least the human history. Anxiety is also a need of human nature. Human develops the strategies to cope with challenges. One of them is religious coping. One of the religious coping ways is istighfar. Constantly performing istighfar may make easier to deal with anxiety. Thus, in this study, the state-trait anxiety scale was applied to the final year undergraduate students. The experimental and control groups of 20 persons were comprised of students with higher anxiety level. The experimental group was told to do istighfar 100 times per day during one month. In the end of this practice, a decrease was observed in the state-trait anxiety average of experimental group.http://www.ojsijpes.com/index.php/ijpes/article/view/47
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author Ahmet Canan KARAKAŞ
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The Effect of Istighfar on State and Trait Anxiety
International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies
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title The Effect of Istighfar on State and Trait Anxiety
title_short The Effect of Istighfar on State and Trait Anxiety
title_full The Effect of Istighfar on State and Trait Anxiety
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title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Istighfar on State and Trait Anxiety
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series International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies
issn 2148-9378
publishDate 2017-09-01
description Istighfar (seeking forgiveness of Allah) and tawbah (repentance) are as old as at least the human history. Anxiety is also a need of human nature. Human develops the strategies to cope with challenges. One of them is religious coping. One of the religious coping ways is istighfar. Constantly performing istighfar may make easier to deal with anxiety. Thus, in this study, the state-trait anxiety scale was applied to the final year undergraduate students. The experimental and control groups of 20 persons were comprised of students with higher anxiety level. The experimental group was told to do istighfar 100 times per day during one month. In the end of this practice, a decrease was observed in the state-trait anxiety average of experimental group.
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