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Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia

Suicide behaviour is one of a worrisome issue in Malaysia which this country has medium rate of high suicide rate among Southeast Asia nations. Therefore, the study was aimed to understand psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in...

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Main Authors: Foo, Suh Jin, Lo, Kah Wah
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2018
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BF Psychology
Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3203/1/fyp_PY_2018_FSJ_%2D_1500143.pdf
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spelling my-utar-eprints.32032019-08-13T15:19:54Z Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia Foo, Suh Jin Lo, Kah Wah BF Psychology Suicide behaviour is one of a worrisome issue in Malaysia which this country has medium rate of high suicide rate among Southeast Asia nations. Therefore, the study was aimed to understand psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia. A total of 304 samples were recruited but only 271 samples were involve into actual study to answer questionnaire through online and pencil-and-pen method. The Scale of Suicidal ideation (SSI), Ryff’s Psychological WellBeing Scale-42 items and Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory-24 items were employed in this study. Data collected was interpreted using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 25.0. Three-Step Theory to achieve the objective to understand the relationship between psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence toward suicidal ideation. Results of pearson correlation showed that there was a significant negative correlation between suicidal ideation and psychological well-being while significant positive correlation between suicidal ideation and spiritual intelligence. Results of multiple linear regression found out psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence statistically predicted suicidal ideation. Spiritual intelligence best predicted suicidal ideation. Implications and limitations of this study were discussed and recommendations for future studies were made. 2018-11-19 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3203/1/fyp_PY_2018_FSJ_%2D_1500143.pdf Foo, Suh Jin and Lo, Kah Wah (2018) Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3203/
institution Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
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topic BF Psychology
spellingShingle BF Psychology
Foo, Suh Jin
Lo, Kah Wah
Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia
description Suicide behaviour is one of a worrisome issue in Malaysia which this country has medium rate of high suicide rate among Southeast Asia nations. Therefore, the study was aimed to understand psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia. A total of 304 samples were recruited but only 271 samples were involve into actual study to answer questionnaire through online and pencil-and-pen method. The Scale of Suicidal ideation (SSI), Ryff’s Psychological WellBeing Scale-42 items and Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory-24 items were employed in this study. Data collected was interpreted using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 25.0. Three-Step Theory to achieve the objective to understand the relationship between psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence toward suicidal ideation. Results of pearson correlation showed that there was a significant negative correlation between suicidal ideation and psychological well-being while significant positive correlation between suicidal ideation and spiritual intelligence. Results of multiple linear regression found out psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence statistically predicted suicidal ideation. Spiritual intelligence best predicted suicidal ideation. Implications and limitations of this study were discussed and recommendations for future studies were made.
format Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
author Foo, Suh Jin
Lo, Kah Wah
author_facet Foo, Suh Jin
Lo, Kah Wah
author_sort Foo, Suh Jin
title Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_short Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_full Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_fullStr Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in Malaysia
title_sort psychological well-being and spiritual intelligence as predictors of suicidal ideation among emerging adults in malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3203/1/fyp_PY_2018_FSJ_%2D_1500143.pdf
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