The Influence of Social Support, Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being on Muslim Nurses

Abstract

Psychological welfare conditions experienced by nurses can have a negative impact on nurses' work attitudes by decreasing nurse work productivity, thus becoming an obstacle to providing good health services to patients. Based on the phenomena that occur, nurses need to know the condition of psychological well-being at work so that nurse health services can be optimal. This study aims to determine the effect of social support and religiosity on the psychological well-being of Muslims. The hypothesis proposed in this study is that there is an influence of social support and religiosity on the psychological well-being of Muslim nurses. This research uses quantitative methods. Respondents in this study were 83 Muslim nurses. Methods of data collection used a scale of psychological well-being (r = 0.921), a scale of social support (r = 0.849), and a scale of religiosity (r = 0.907). The results showed there was an influence of social support and religiosity on the psychological well-being of Muslim nurses. Rsquare determination coefficient of 0.362, this value implies that in this study social support and religiosity made an effective contribution of 36.2% while 63.8% was contributed by other factors.