Abstract:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) not only will have negative impacts on religious
beliefs, but will also deepen them. Attention to Islamic teachings is significantly important in
dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the increased outbreak of COVID-19 in
the world shows the need for humanity to pay more attention to religion and theology. Islam
prevents diseases and motivates people to adhere to hygiene principles, and Islamic teachings
bring about purity and health to people. However, paying attention to God, chanting prayers
and focusing on spirituality are key principles in the prevention and treatment of diseases as
this material cause is the divine will. Everyone is under the power of the Almighty, and
everything is in his hands. Nevertheless, human beings may pass away because of COVID-19
even after passing all these stages. This is, however, related to divine destiny and is beyond the
aim of this research study. One of the issues that relate religion to COVID-19 is psychological
resilience, which is the topic of this study. This research study aimed at evaluating the role of
religion and religiosity in the psychological resilience of 550 Muslim citizens from three cities
of Aceh, Semarang and Jakarta, who had recovered from COVID-19. We applied the
convenience sampling method to determine the sample size. After the distribution of
questionnaires, 536 tools were considered suitable, and data analysis was performed using
mean and correlation tests. According to the results, religiosity affected psychological resilience
by p = 0.784.
CONTRIBUTION : The results of this study revealed that with increasing attention of people to
religious teachings, the psychological resilience to the COVID-19 also increases.
