Nationally representative survey reveals extreme evidence linking religiosity to happiness in Indonesian Muslims, highlighting the positive role of faith in well-being.
Key Points
To examine the association between religiosity and happiness within an Islamic context using a nationally representative sample that overcomes common methodological limitations of prior research.
Analyzed nationally representative survey data gathered through face-to-face interviews with a probability sample of Indonesian Muslims (N=28,402).
Applied Bayesian regression analysis to test whether religiosity serves as a credible predictor of happiness.
Bayesian regression analysis revealed extreme evidence favoring the model including religiosity as a predictor of happiness over the null model (BF10 = 7.336 × 10+37).