The relationship between religion and psychological resilience against COVID-19

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) not only will have negative impacts on religious beliefs, but will also deepen them. Attention to Islamic teachings is significantly important in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the increased outbreak of COVID-19 in the world shows the need f...

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Autores principales: Lubov K. Ilyashenko, Tatyana N. Ivanova, Leisan N. Khasimova
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dc14cf74d2934e8f8382e16218658c102021-11-24T07:40:40ZThe relationship between religion and psychological resilience against COVID-190259-94222072-805010.4102/hts.v77i1.6486https://doaj.org/article/dc14cf74d2934e8f8382e16218658c102021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/6486https://doaj.org/toc/0259-9422https://doaj.org/toc/2072-8050The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) not only will have negative impacts on religious beliefs, but will also deepen them. Attention to Islamic teachings is significantly important in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the increased outbreak of COVID-19 in the world shows the need for humanity to pay more attention to religion and theology. Islam prevents diseases and motivates people to adhere to hygiene principles, and Islamic teachings bring about purity and health to people. However, paying attention to God, chanting prayers and focusing on spirituality are key principles in the prevention and treatment of diseases as this material cause is the divine will. Everyone is under the power of the Almighty, and everything is in his hands. Nevertheless, human beings may pass away because of COVID-19 even after passing all these stages. This is, however, related to divine destiny and is beyond the aim of this research study. One of the issues that relate religion to COVID-19 is psychological resilience, which is the topic of this study. This research study aimed at evaluating the role of religion and religiosity in the psychological resilience of 550 Muslim citizens from three cities of Aceh, Semarang and Jakarta, who had recovered from COVID-19. We applied the convenience sampling method to determine the sample size. After the distribution of questionnaires, 536 tools were considered suitable, and data analysis was performed using mean and correlation tests. According to the results, religiosity affected psychological resilience by p = 0.784. Contribution: The results of this study revealed that with increasing attention of people to religious teachings, the psychological resilience to the COVID-19 also increases.Lubov K. IlyashenkoTatyana N. IvanovaLeisan N. KhasimovaAOSISarticlereligionreligiosityreligious beliefsislampsychological resilienceindonesiacovid-19The BibleBS1-2970Practical TheologyBV1-5099AFENNLHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies , Vol 77, Iss 1, Pp e1-e6 (2021)
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language AF
EN
NL
topic religion
religiosity
religious beliefs
islam
psychological resilience
indonesia
covid-19
The Bible
BS1-2970
Practical Theology
BV1-5099
spellingShingle religion
religiosity
religious beliefs
islam
psychological resilience
indonesia
covid-19
The Bible
BS1-2970
Practical Theology
BV1-5099
Lubov K. Ilyashenko
Tatyana N. Ivanova
Leisan N. Khasimova
The relationship between religion and psychological resilience against COVID-19
description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) not only will have negative impacts on religious beliefs, but will also deepen them. Attention to Islamic teachings is significantly important in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the increased outbreak of COVID-19 in the world shows the need for humanity to pay more attention to religion and theology. Islam prevents diseases and motivates people to adhere to hygiene principles, and Islamic teachings bring about purity and health to people. However, paying attention to God, chanting prayers and focusing on spirituality are key principles in the prevention and treatment of diseases as this material cause is the divine will. Everyone is under the power of the Almighty, and everything is in his hands. Nevertheless, human beings may pass away because of COVID-19 even after passing all these stages. This is, however, related to divine destiny and is beyond the aim of this research study. One of the issues that relate religion to COVID-19 is psychological resilience, which is the topic of this study. This research study aimed at evaluating the role of religion and religiosity in the psychological resilience of 550 Muslim citizens from three cities of Aceh, Semarang and Jakarta, who had recovered from COVID-19. We applied the convenience sampling method to determine the sample size. After the distribution of questionnaires, 536 tools were considered suitable, and data analysis was performed using mean and correlation tests. According to the results, religiosity affected psychological resilience by p = 0.784. Contribution: The results of this study revealed that with increasing attention of people to religious teachings, the psychological resilience to the COVID-19 also increases.
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