The Effects of Resiliency on University Students’ Happiness and Life Effectiveness amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Religious Faith Stands as a Moderator

Q3 Arts and Humanities International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.18848/2154-8633/cgp/v12i02/29-41

Getrude Cosmas, Luigi Gussago, Chua Bee Seok, Carmella E. Ading

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It is argued that resiliency may contribute to one's happiness and life effectiveness, while religious faith may strengthen the effects arising from the interchange of those variables. To confirm these assumptions, a study was conducted on a group of students consisting of 506 public and private university students in Sabah, Malaysia, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the participants, 405 (80%) were females, 100 were males (19.8%), and one did not reveal their gender. The mean age was 21.71 (SD = 4.52). The study revealed that resiliency accounted for 6 percent of the variance on happiness and 18 percent of the variance on life effectiveness. However, faith did not show any moderation effects on resiliency as a cause of happiness. In terms of its effect on students' life efficiency (e.g., time management, emotional control, and social competence), resiliency accounts for 18 percent of the variance on life effectiveness. As to the interaction between resiliency and faith in relation to the quality of life, the study revealed a significant interaction between them, a result that explained an additional 1.6 percent in the variance in life effectiveness. This indicates that strong religious faith could enhance students' resiliency and contribute to a better life (e.g., managing time, controlling emotion, higher motivation, and competence in social situations), particularly during the pandemic. Therefore, valuing and practicing one's religious faith, regardless of the religious background, is a powerful tool in boosting students' flexibility in the face of academic and nonacademic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2022 Common Ground Research Networks. All rights reserved.

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新冠肺炎疫情下韧性对大学生幸福感和生活效率的影响:宗教信仰的调节作用

有人认为，弹性可能有助于一个人的幸福和生活效率，而宗教信仰可能会加强这些变量交换产生的影响。为了证实这些假设，在新冠肺炎大流行期间，对马来西亚沙巴州的506名公立和私立大学学生进行了一项研究。在参与者中，405人(80%)是女性，100人是男性(19.8%)，1人没有透露性别。平均年龄21.71岁(SD = 4.52)。研究显示，心理弹性对幸福感的影响占6%，对生活效率的影响占18%。然而，信仰并没有显示出作为幸福原因的适应力的任何调节作用。就其对学生的生活效率(如时间管理、情绪控制和社会能力)的影响而言，弹性占生活效率方差的18%。至于弹性和信念之间的相互作用与生活质量的关系，研究揭示了它们之间的显著相互作用，这一结果解释了生活效率的额外1.6%的差异。这表明，强烈的宗教信仰可以增强学生的适应能力，并有助于改善生活(例如，管理时间、控制情绪、提高动机和社交能力)，特别是在大流行期间。因此，在新冠肺炎疫情期间，无论宗教背景如何，重视和实践自己的宗教信仰，是提高学生应对学术和非学术挑战的灵活性的有力工具。©2022 Common Ground Research Networks。版权所有。

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society aims to create an intellectual frame of reference for the academic study of religion and spirituality and to create an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of religion and spirituality in society. It is intended as a place for critical engagement, examination, and experimentation of ideas that connect religious philosophies to their contexts throughout history in the world, places of worship, on the streets, and in communities. The journal addresses the need for critical discussion on religious issues—specifically as they are situated in the present-day contexts of ethics, warfare, politics, anthropology, sociology, education, leadership, artistic engagement, and the dissonance or resonance between religious tradition and modern trends. Articles published in the journal range from the expansive and philosophical to finely grained analysis based on deep familiarity and understanding of a particular area of religious knowledge. They bring into dialogue philosophers, theologians, policy makers, and educators, to name a few of the stakeholders in this conversation. The journal is relevant to teachers, philosophers, theologians, policy makers, and educators with an interest in, and a concern for, religious practice, religious theory and research, the impact of religious and spiritual traditions on world views, and the impact of current societal trends on religious and spiritual traditions. The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society is peer-reviewed, supported by rigorous processes of criterion-referenced article ranking and qualitative commentary, ensuring that only intellectual work of the greatest substance and highest significance is published.