The Influence of Religious Activities and Social Intelligence to Form Students' Religious Character

Abstract

Students' religious character is distorted by a hedonistic lifestyle and has recently been affected by the negative culture caused by promiscuity among the younger generation. Students' self-concepts may be at odds with Islamic values. On the other hand, education's role is to instill virtue in the form of ‘akhlakul karimah’. The goal of this research is to determine the impact of religious activities and social intelligence so that students can apply it in their daily life. This study employs a correlation quantitative approach with a saturated sample technique. The data were collected by utilizing questionnaires with a 'Likert' scale of 5 graduations. The findings revealed that religious activities and social intelligence had 77.5% significant influence on the formation of the students' religious character. T_table value of 2.048 indicates that religious activities and social intelligence have a strong influence on students' religious character formation. The implications of this study indicate a desire to improve students' religious character in the future so that they can become an ‘insan kamil’ and uphold Islamic values.