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This research explored the religious practices as stress management among young Indonesian Muslims. The aim of the study was to explain how religiosity as experienced understood by a group of 12 young people studying at a large public Islamic university in Jakarta and could be managed them stress well. Interviews with the participants about their religious practices and stress management were analysed. Findings showed that religion played a role in the way the study participants managed stress. All of them had experienced stress deriving from different areas of their life. Some of them felt that religion could help them to overcome such stress and reported using the religious practice to address stress, even though this approach tended not to occur to them until after they had already experienced the stressful event. Sources of stress reported by the participants in this study generally related to their university studies and relationships with family and friends, including romantic relationships

Happiness is what everyone wants. With happiness, individuals can feel various positive effects in influencing every aspect of life. This study aims to prove the effect of sense of humor, religiosity and demographic factors on elderly’s happiness. The subject in this study were 211 elderly aged 60 years or above in DKI Jakarta. The sampling method used non-probability sampling. The instrument used were adapted and modified The Happiness Scale Interval Study (HSIS) (Kalmijn et al., 2011), Multidimensional Sense of humor Scale (MSHS) (Thorson & Powell, 1993), and The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS)(Huber & Huber, 2012). Test the validity of measuring instruments using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) technique and hypotesis was tested using multiple regression analysis. This results showed that there was a significant effect of sense of humor, religiosity, and demographic factors on elderly’s happiness with contribution of 36.3%, while the remaining 63.4% were variables outside of this study. AbstrakKebahagiaan merupakan hal yang diinginkan oleh semua orang. Dengan adanya kebahagiaan, individu dapat merasakan berbagai efek positifnya dalam mempengaruhi setiap aspek kehidupan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuktikan pengaruh sense of humor, religiusitas, dan faktor demografi terhadap kebahagiaan pada lansia. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah 211 lansia berusia 60 tahun ke atas yang tinggal di DKI Jakarta. Metode pengambilan sampel yang diperoleh menggunakan non-probability sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan merupakan adaptasi serta modifikasi dari The Happiness Scale Interval Study (HSIS)(Kalmijn et al., 2011)), Multidimensional Sense of humor Scale (MSHS) (Thorson & Powell, 1993) dan The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) (Huber & Huber, 2012) Uji validitas instrumen dilakukan dengan menggunakan Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), sedangkan uji hipotesis dilakukan dengan analisis regresi berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat adanya pengaruh yang signifikan dari sense of humor, religiusitas serta faktor demografi terhadap kebahagiaan lansia sebesar 36.6%, sedangkan 63.4% sisanya dipengaruhi oleh variabel di luar penelitian ini.

The elderly population continues to increase not only in the world, but also in Indonesia. One of the cities that contribute to increasing the number of elderly people in Indonesia is Depok, West Java. Elderly is a stage that has experienced many changes and faced various challenges in life. The elderly tend to experience a decline in various aspects. They experience changes in physical, psychological, and social aspects. The changes that occur and all the challenges that must be faced can have an impact on the physical, mental and functioning of life. This study aims to examine whether mindfulness and religious coping have an effect on the mental health of the elderly in Depok city. The sample used were 282 elderly people who were taken using a non-probability sampling technique, namely purposive sampling. The instruments used in this study are adaptations and modifications of the Mental Health Continuum-Long Form (MHC-LF), Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) and Brief RCOPE instruments. The results showed that at 36.5%, there was a significant effect of mindfulness and religious coping together on the mental health of the elderly. In detail, the results of the minor hypothesis prove that there is a significant effect of three dimensions of mindfulness (observe, describe, and act with awareness) and one dimension of religious coping (positive religious coping) on the mental health of the elderly.

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