Single women's happiness in terms of social support and religiosity
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Social Support, Religiosity, Happiness, SinglenessAbstract
In Indonesia, single women still get a negative stigma. They are considered "incomplete" individuals because they haven’t or don’t want to get married. The society also sees the single women in concern even though they can also get happiness, with the social support and religiosity they have. This study aims to determine the relationship between social support and religiosity and happiness in single women. The participants of the study were 82 single women aged 26-45 who were unmarried. Data retrival was carried out by distributing questionnaires using google form by online and the measurment using likert scale. This study uses a quantitative research method. The hypotesis test that was used in this research using SPSS program. The results showed that there was a relationship between social support and religiosity and happiness. The correlation results obtained of 0.650 showed a strong relationship with the direction of positive correlation, it means the higher the social support and religiosity of single women, the higher their happiness either. This study contributes to the understanding of how social support and religiosity influence happiness in single women. By confirming a strong positive correlation, it emphasizes the importance of emotional and spiritual resources in enhancing well-being, offering valuable insights for future psychological and social interventions targeting single adult populations.
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