Self esteem and depression: Relations with muslims’ happiness
- Happiness is negatively correlated with depression and anxiety. Likewise, self-esteem has close relationship with the element of happiness. Previous research mentioned that it possesses high correlations between measurement of happiness and self-esteem [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. Thus, one aim o...
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6666/1/FH02-FSSG-20-36401.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6666/ |
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| Summary: | - Happiness is negatively correlated with depression and
anxiety. Likewise, self-esteem has close relationship with the
element of happiness. Previous research mentioned that it
possesses high correlations between measurement of happiness
and self-esteem [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. Thus, one aim of this study is
to viewboth positive and negative aspects, by exploring the
differential level of depression, self esteem and happiness on
Muslim students.The method of this research is quantitative, and
the respondents were selected in several states in Malaysia,
which approximately 500 people. This research used Rosenberg
Self Esteem Scale (RSES), Depression Anxiety Stress Scale
(DASS 21) and happiness instrument developed by the
researcher based on al-Ghazali’s concept of happiness. After
conducting the descriptive analysis for every construct, this
research used the average of construct, whereas to determine the
correlation between depression and self-esteem aspects, pearson
correlation has been computed and the result is significant which
is r=-0.462, p<0.01]. It shows that the direction of relationship
was found to be negative at the moderate level. As a conclusion,
there is positive relationship with happiness and self esteem, and
it negatively correlated with depression. |
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