Aydin, Cuneyd2025-03-232025-03-2320192651-39782636-8110https://doi.org/10.14395/hititilahiyat.469645https://hdl.handle.net/11486/5094Defense mechanisms and (religious) coping which are important concepts of modern psychology and religion psychology and theoretical and relational studies on the relationship between religious beliefs and practices are increasingly underway. However, it is necessary to determine whether religious beliefs and practices are used by believers as a sort of defense mechanism or as a (religious) coping strategy. Because, in the case of religious beliefs, the appropriateness of using these concepts in place of each other in terms of Religious Psychology, is important to prevent a possible confusion of concepts and to ensure that the work being done proceeds in the right direction. The aim of this article is to try to evaluate the situations in which people use the belief in fate, which is one of the important belief principles of Islam, as defense mechanism. The results obtained from the evaluations are used as a kind of defense mechanism and emotion-focused coping strategy when the belief in fate is not understood properly. In the case of correct God imagination and fate belief, it is used as a collaborative and self-sufficient religious coping strategy with a problem-solving coping strategy.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessReligionPsychologyDefense mechanismsCopingReligious copingDestinyArticle183510112210.14395/hititilahiyat.469645N/AWOS:000496820200006N/A