KnE Social Sciences

Published date: Mar 27 2025

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: The 3rd International Conference of Applied Psychology on Humanity (ICAP-H)

Pages: 353 - 368

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v10i7.18339

Ni'matuzahroh ‎ Faculty of Psychology, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia

Diah Karmiyatidiah@umm.ac.idFaculty of Psychology, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia

Fidari FitrianingtyasFaculty of Psychology, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia

Happiness is an overall condition of one’s life that is pleasing. It also refers to two conditions: positive emotion and well-being. Special needs assistants’ jobs include assisting the children in their learning process and helping them develop their skills and adapt to the environment. Special needs assistants’ happiness is important for critical tasks. Religiosity is one of the many factors that can strengthen the motivation to do prosocial behavior and increase happiness. The study objective is to test religiosity’s role as a moderation variable. The sample included 100 special needs assistants in Malang were chosen using an accidental sampling technique. We used a quantitative method, and the Prosocialness for Adult Scale (PSA), The PERMA Profiler, and the 4 Basic Dimensions of Religiosity Scale (4 BDRS) were used for measurement. We analyzed the data using Moderated Analysis Regression (MRA). This study shows that religiosity can be a moderation variable and strengthen the relation between prosocial behavior and the happiness of special needs assistants (

Keywords: happiness, prosocial behavior, religiosity, special needs assistants

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