“…The eight research publications discussed above, in general, show more or less the same findings and some are related, although some use different research methods and subject characteristics, but they are sufficient to provide an overview of the happiness of the santri in pesantren, as well as the process and how happiness is achieved. things happen, such as social relations Kuswandi, 2017;Nadhifah & Wahyuni, 2020;Subhiyah & Nashori, 2021), self-ability (Subhiyah & Nashori, 2021;Widiantoro et al, 2017) and feeling close to Allah SWT (Dewi, 2016;Kuswandi, 2017;Muhopilah et al, 2018).…”