Kebahagiaan Ditinjau Dari Status Pernikahan dan Kebermaknaan Hidup

Abstract

Happiness is a positive emotion that is expected by everyone. Many previous studies support the general assumption that happiness can be obtained from marriage. In addition, a person’s happiness will be obtained from a more meaningful life. A contradictory phenomenon is obtained from BPS 2017 survey data, indicating that the happiness index of people who are not married is higher than those who are married. This study aims to prove that marriage affects happiness. The subjects in this study were 79 students who single (never married) and 60 married. Measurements in this study used the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) scale to measure the happiness and scale of The Brief Personal Meaningful Profile (PMP-B) to measure meaningfulness of life. The results show that happiness is not influenced by marital status, but more dominantly influenced by meaningfulness of life.