2020_Developing and Validating Happiness Instrument Based on Al-Ghazali's Concept
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| originalfilename | DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING HAPPINESS INSTRUMENT BASED ON AL-GHAZALI'S CONCEPT (PHD_2020).pdf |
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| spelling | 15872 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=15872 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection3 General Document Malaysia Library Staff (Top Management) Library Staff (Management) Library Staff (Support) Terengganu Faculty of Applied Social Sciences English application/pdf 1.5 324 Server storage Scanned document UniSZA Private Access Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin SAMBox 3.0.10; modified using iTextSharp™ 5.5.10 ©2000-2016 iText Group NV (AGPL-version) Copyright©PWB2025 Islamic philosophy 2020-07-01 DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING HAPPINESS INSTRUMENT BASED ON AL-GHAZALI'S CONCEPT (PHD_2020).pdf Ateerah binti Abdul Razak @ Mohamed Psychological Tests Subjective Well-being 2020_Developing and Validating Happiness Instrument Based on Al-Ghazali's Concept A study on happiness has grown dramatically over the decades. However, Western and Islamic concepts of happiness have different points of view. Happiness is an important notion in Islam and for human well-being, and there is a need to build a scale to measure to what extent a Muslim believes that he has secured happiness in the afterlife. Nevertheless, there is a lack of studies that examine its psychometric properties from an Islamic perspective. Thus, this study is conducted to identify factors that contribute to a Muslim's happiness based on al-Ghazali's concept. The researcher developed a conceptual framework based on al-Ghazali's theory of happiness. It employs Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to provide information about the constructs, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to validate the constructs and psychometric properties of the self-developed instrument. This is to empirically evaluate a specified set of factors affecting that construct in a predicted manner. It encompasses several aspects such as religious knowledge, practices, and individual aspects as drivers of happiness, which act as independent variables. This study used a quantitative method and was carried out by distributing questionnaires to respondents face-to-face. From the collected questionnaires, 500 respondents were selected using a convenience sampling method, consisting of university students, residents in several religious institutions, and the general public. They were of various ages, representing a proportion of each respective location. The findings were then analyzed using SPSS and PLS. Based on structural equation modeling, the study found that religious knowledge, practices, and individual constructs have a significant relationship with happiness. The average variance extracted (AVE) values range between 0.501 and 0.615, which is an acceptable valid range. It can be observed that there is a significant relationship between individual constructs and happiness (t = 2.817, p < 0.005), practices and happiness (t = 6.805, p < 0.000), and religious knowledge and happiness (t = 3.947, p < 0.000). Moreover, the positive sign implies that there is a direct relationship between the dependent and independent variables. This study proves that religious knowledge, practices, and individual constructs are interrelated in contributing to a Muslim's happiness. In addition, it shows the importance of developing reliable and valid measures in empirical studies within an Islamic context. The results of this study are useful for Muslims to measure whether or not they acquire happiness based on an Islamic perspective. Consequently, the current research will also benefit researchers, educators, academicians, and students of religious studies in applying psychometric properties based on the Islamic perspective of happiness. Sila masukkan subject wajib Dissertations, Academic. Terima kasih... Islamic Happiness Al-Ghazali Theory Religious Well-Being Scale Thesis |
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| summary | A study on happiness has grown dramatically over the decades. However, Western and Islamic concepts of happiness have different points of view. Happiness is an important notion in Islam and for human well-being, and there is a need to build a scale to measure to what extent a Muslim believes that he has secured happiness in the afterlife. Nevertheless, there is a lack of studies that examine its psychometric properties from an Islamic perspective. Thus, this study is conducted to identify factors that contribute to a Muslim's happiness based on al-Ghazali's concept. The researcher developed a conceptual framework based on al-Ghazali's theory of happiness. It employs Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to provide information about the constructs, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to validate the constructs and psychometric properties of the self-developed instrument. This is to empirically evaluate a specified set of factors affecting that construct in a predicted manner. It encompasses several aspects such as religious knowledge, practices, and individual aspects as drivers of happiness, which act as independent variables. This study used a quantitative method and was carried out by distributing questionnaires to respondents face-to-face. From the collected questionnaires, 500 respondents were selected using a convenience sampling method, consisting of university students, residents in several religious institutions, and the general public. They were of various ages, representing a proportion of each respective location. The findings were then analyzed using SPSS and PLS. Based on structural equation modeling, the study found that religious knowledge, practices, and individual constructs have a significant relationship with happiness. The average variance extracted (AVE) values range between 0.501 and 0.615, which is an acceptable valid range. It can be observed that there is a significant relationship between individual constructs and happiness (t = 2.817, p < 0.005), practices and happiness (t = 6.805, p < 0.000), and religious knowledge and happiness (t = 3.947, p < 0.000). Moreover, the positive sign implies that there is a direct relationship between the dependent and independent variables. This study proves that religious knowledge, practices, and individual constructs are interrelated in contributing to a Muslim's happiness. In addition, it shows the importance of developing reliable and valid measures in empirical studies within an Islamic context. The results of this study are useful for Muslims to measure whether or not they acquire happiness based on an Islamic perspective. Consequently, the current research will also benefit researchers, educators, academicians, and students of religious studies in applying psychometric properties based on the Islamic perspective of happiness. |
| title | 2020_Developing and Validating Happiness Instrument Based on Al-Ghazali's Concept |
| title_full | 2020_Developing and Validating Happiness Instrument Based on Al-Ghazali's Concept |
| title_fullStr | 2020_Developing and Validating Happiness Instrument Based on Al-Ghazali's Concept |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2020_Developing and Validating Happiness Instrument Based on Al-Ghazali's Concept |
| title_short | 2020_Developing and Validating Happiness Instrument Based on Al-Ghazali's Concept |
| title_sort | 2020_developing and validating happiness instrument based on al-ghazali's concept |