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Ramadan is one of the sacred periods having a significant meaning for Muslims. Ramadan is a period when the frequency of worshipping increases generally, but the main emphasis is on the worship of fasting. In this holy month, Muslim individuals are open to the impact of religious stimuli. The purpose of the research was to investigate the effect of Ramadan fasting on the levels of individuals’ self-control and psychological well-being using the “experimental design with pre-test-post-test control group” method. The sample group chosen through the random sampling method was sent an online questionnaire form including scales of self-control and psychological well-being. The pre-test was applied a week before Ramadan while the post-test was responded a week after Ramadan. A total of 63 participants fasting during Ramadan were placed in the experimental group, and 16 participants who did not fast were assigned to the control group. In data analysis, it was concluded that there was not a meaningful difference, but a decrease was detected in post-test scores of self-control in comparison with the pre-test in the experimental group and that the decrease in post-test scores of self-control of the control group was higher than the scores of the experimental group. Based on these results, it was thought that the research findings supported the strength/energy model of self-control. Moreover, it was detected that there was not an intergroup difference in pre-test scores of self-control of the participants who were grouped as “fasting the whole”, “fasting with intervals”, and “not fasting” according to their fasting status. There was a significant difference on behalf of the group that fasted the whole Ramadan in the post-test scores. On the other hand, no significant difference was found between the experimental group’s pre-test and post-test scores of psychological well-being and between the control and experimental group’s psychological well-being levels. The correlation analysis was conducted to determine whether there was a relationship between subjective perception of religiousness, self-control, and psychological well-being. It was detected that there was a significant positive relationship only between subjective perception of religiousness and self-control.

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