Religiosity, Personality, and Subjective Wellbeing among Muslim adults in Indonesia

This study utilized a quantitative descriptive design to examine the extent to which personality predicts religiosity and faith maturity, and thereafter to examine the extent religiosity and faith maturity predict subjective wellbeing (i.e. satisfaction with life, affect balance, and psychological wellbeing) and altruistic behavior after controlling for personality and socio-demographic factors among Muslim adults in Jakarta.;A battery of seven questionnaires, which include Faith Maturity Scale, Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments, International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) - Short Form, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Bradburn Affect Balance Scale, Psychological wellbeing, and Self-Report Altruism Scale were used. A total of 251 responses were used to analyze the data.;Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that Agreeableness of the IPIP personality trait significantly contributed to the prediction of Faith Maturity Total, while Conscientiousness, Openness, and Neuroticism of the IPIP personality traits significantly contributed to the prediction of Religious Crisis. Only Conscientiousness significantly contributed to the prediction of subjective wellbeing, i.e. satisfaction with life, affect balance and psychological wellbeing.;After controlling for personality and socio-demographic factors, hierarchical regression analyses revealed that Faith Maturity Vertical significantly contributed to the prediction of satisfaction with life, affect balance, and three of the six subscales of psychological wellbeing, i.e. autonomy, self-mastery and positive relations with others; while Faith Maturity Horizontal significantly inversely significantly contributed to the prediction of purpose in life, one of the subscales of the psychological wellbeing.;As for Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA), there are significant differences between those who scored high in Faith Maturity Total than those who scored low on satisfaction with life, and positive relations with others after controlling for personality factors and socio-demographic factors. Meanwhile, there are significant differences between those who scored high in Religious Crisis than low in purpose in life among Muslim adults after controlling for personality factors and socio-demographic factors. The MANCOVA result also revealed significant differences between different income groups on satisfaction with life. Implications for counselors and recommendations for future research are discussed.