Tawadhu and Happiness Among University Students

Abstract

This study aims to survey the relationships between Tawadhu (humility in Islamic Psychology perspective) and happiness among the university students who are studying in Yogyakarta. The participants of this study were 100 muslim students who were recruited through a purposive sampling as samples of this study. Using Nashori’s Tawadhu Scale and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) constructed by Hills and Argyle, the data were analyzed by using a product moment correlation test. The results found that there was a positive relationship between tawadhu and happiness among the university students. The higher the tawadhu, the higher the students’ happiness.