Spiritual Well-Being, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Indonesian Muslim Communities During COVID-19

Abstract

Purpose

This study investigated how spirituality as a defensive factor of psychological well-being reduces anxiety among Indonesian Muslims during the pandemic COVID-19.

Patients and Methods

Data were collected from 538 Indonesian Muslims through a survey using the spiritual well-being and depression, anxiety and stress (DAS-21) and examined using structural equation model (SEM) analysis.

Results

The empirical results indicate that spirituality is a factor that increases happiness, psychological well-being and mental health among Indonesian Muslims.

Conclusion

The study also concluded that spirituality positively and significantly reduces anxiety, depression, and stress. This finding confirms that the spiritual beliefs of Indonesian Muslims can play a significant role in improving mental health during pandemic. This study can control mental illness based on spirituality theory and practice.

Keywords:

• anxiety
• depression
• COVID-19 pandemic
• spiritual well-being
• stress
• structural equation model
• SEM

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.