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A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters

Psychological consideration has always been a part of society and it usually relates to values, beliefs, ethnicity and gender. This is the essence of cultural psychology. In recent times, this branch of psychology has developed the new arm of Cross-Cultural Psychology, an extension of psychology cov...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Dahlan A. Malek, Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil
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Language:English
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Published: 2016
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BF1-990 Psychology
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spelling my.ums.eprints.333182022-07-17T03:30:14Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33318/ A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters Mohd. Dahlan A. Malek Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil BF1-990 Psychology Psychological consideration has always been a part of society and it usually relates to values, beliefs, ethnicity and gender. This is the essence of cultural psychology. In recent times, this branch of psychology has developed the new arm of Cross-Cultural Psychology, an extension of psychology covering the influence on behaviour when cultural groups interact. This study is a comparative study of two cultural groups, namely Malaysian and British fire fighters. Sources of occupational stress and their impact on psychological wellbeing were examined in a questionnaire survey of 1053 British and Malaysian fire fighters. The role of coping strategies as moderating factors was also tested. Sources of occupational stress had significant negative correlations with psychological wellbeing. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the moderating effect of coping strategies on psychological wellbeing and found differences between the British and Malaysian fire fighters. Models of psychological wellbeing for both cultures were produced. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33318/1/A%20cross-cultural%20study%20of%20psychological%20well-being%20among%20British%20and%20Malaysian%20fire%20fighters.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33318/2/A%20cross-cultural%20study%20of%20psychological%20well-being%20among%20British%20and%20Malaysian%20fire%20fighters%20_ABSTRACT.pdf Mohd. Dahlan A. Malek and Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil (2016) A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters. In: 22nd International Congress of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology, 15 - 19 Julai 2014, Reims, France. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1232&context=iaccp_papers
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Mohd. Dahlan A. Malek
Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil
A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters
description Psychological consideration has always been a part of society and it usually relates to values, beliefs, ethnicity and gender. This is the essence of cultural psychology. In recent times, this branch of psychology has developed the new arm of Cross-Cultural Psychology, an extension of psychology covering the influence on behaviour when cultural groups interact. This study is a comparative study of two cultural groups, namely Malaysian and British fire fighters. Sources of occupational stress and their impact on psychological wellbeing were examined in a questionnaire survey of 1053 British and Malaysian fire fighters. The role of coping strategies as moderating factors was also tested. Sources of occupational stress had significant negative correlations with psychological wellbeing. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the moderating effect of coping strategies on psychological wellbeing and found differences between the British and Malaysian fire fighters. Models of psychological wellbeing for both cultures were produced.
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author Mohd. Dahlan A. Malek
Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil
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Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil
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title A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters
title_short A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters
title_full A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters
title_fullStr A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters
title_full_unstemmed A cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among British and Malaysian fire fighters
title_sort cross-cultural study of psychological well-being among british and malaysian fire fighters
publishDate 2016
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33318/1/A%20cross-cultural%20study%20of%20psychological%20well-being%20among%20British%20and%20Malaysian%20fire%20fighters.pdf
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