EDUCATOR’S HAPPINESS INDEX BEFORE AND DURING COVID-19: ROLE OF RESILIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY

Abstract

This study aims to examine the level of happiness among educators before and during pandemic COVID-19 in Indonesia. Additionally, the present study also identifies the relationship between spirituality and resilience with educator’s happiness. One hundred and forty-eight educators participated in the present study. There are significant different in term of educator’s happiness before and during COVID-19. In which educators are happier before pandemic. Further, result found that, spirituality and resilience significantly predict happiness before pandemic, however, there is no significant effect of spirituality and resilience toward happiness during COVID-19. Spiritualty is contributing more to the educator’s happiness in compare to resilience. Result in the present study highlight that
resilience and spirituality related to educator’s happiness before pandemic, however during pandemic COVID-19, there are other important variables that can enhance educator’s happiness. Implication of the present study might be useful to design intervention in enhancing educator’s happiness index.