Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being of Final Year Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 Pandemic is one of the new challenges for final year students while writing their final assignments. This study aimed to determine the correlation between Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being among final year students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The subjects of this study were 60 final year university students, 20-29 years old, Muslim, writing their final assignments and supervised online by an online supervisor. This study used 13-item Muslim Religiosity Scales developed by Amir and 42-item Psychological Well-Being Scale developed by Ryff. The results of this study showed that religiosity had a positive correlation with the psychological well-being of final year students during the COVID-19 Pandemic with p= 0.005 (p< 0.01) and r square=108, signifying that religiosity contributes 10.8% to final year students’ psychological well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic. One way to increase psychological well-being is by doing positive and meaningful activities, increasing Taqwa to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala, growing gratitude, and always self-evaluating