RELIGIOSITY AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING TOWARDS A BALANCED CIVILIZATION: A STUDY AMONG MUSLIM OLDER ADULTS IN MALAYSIA

Autor:	Meguellati Achour, Che Zarrina Binti Sa'ari, Asyiqin Ab Halim, Ahmed Raja Haj Ali, Ameen Ahmed Abdullah Qasem Al-Nahari
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Cultural Studies History education.field_of_study media_common.quotation_subject Population Religious studies Life satisfaction Context (language use) Religiosity Social support Anthropology Happiness Subjective well-being education Psychology Social psychology Psychosocial media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Al-Tamaddun. 14:153-165
ISSN:	2289-2672 1823-7517
Popis:	The aim of the conceptual paper is to shed more light on the significant of religiosity as a psychosocial determinant of elderly subjective well-being, and its role of as a resource copping strategy, social support, and meaning to life experience. This paper draws on the observation of other scholars in the relationship of religion to health, happiness and well-being research. The deductive and exploratory approach was used to select, analyze and summarize the related literature. The literature indicates that religiosity is associated with elderly people life satisfaction, happiness, and self-esteem. Religious affiliation buffers negative effects of stress on physical health; Prayer buffers the effects of stress on depressive. The paper reviewed the literature on both concepts of well-being and religiosity from Malaysian context. Highlighting the issue of the increase in population of people aged 60 and above, who will need an extra care. © 2019, Academy of Islamic Studies, Dept of Islamic History and Civilization, University of Malaya. All rights reserved.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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