Marife Turkish Journal of Religious Studies

Abstract

The Effects of Religious Values in the Decision Making Processes This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of religious values on certain decision making processes of adults. The choice of spouse, occupation, TV programs watched and numbers of children are defined as important decision-making processes. In order to measure the typologies of religiosity, built as an independent variable, a Typologies of Re- ligiosity Scale, which had been psycho-metrically proved by tests of validity and reliabil- ity, was exerted. In order to measure the effects of religious values on selection of spouse, occupation, TV programs watched, and number of children, defined as a dependent vari- able, a questionnaire was developed and used. Correlation Analysis of the Pearson Mo- ment was used to determine the relation between the independent and dependent vari- ables. As a result, it was found that there were positive and significant relations between religious values and the typologies of religiosity, in which religious feelings, thoughts and behaviors were intensely lived and, on the other hand, that this positive and significant relationships did not effect the decisions about selection of the spouse, number of chil- dren, occupation and TV programs at the expected level was defined