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Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences

This present study aims to describe the level of overall and domains-specific life satisfaction and to determine how differences in demographic variables can influence life satisfaction among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia. The sample of the study consisted of 416 school-going adolescents, aged b...

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主要な著者: Chiong, Hoe Nee, Yaacob, Siti Nor, Baharudin, Rozumah, Tan, Jo-Pei
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出版事項: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016
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spelling my.upm.eprints.549782018-07-11T09:01:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54978/ Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences Chiong, Hoe Nee Yaacob, Siti Nor Baharudin, Rozumah Tan, Jo-Pei This present study aims to describe the level of overall and domains-specific life satisfaction and to determine how differences in demographic variables can influence life satisfaction among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia. The sample of the study consisted of 416 school-going adolescents, aged between 14 to 17 years old, who were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling from 12 secondary schools. The findings showed that adolescents generally reported positive level of life satisfaction. Differences in life satisfaction by age, gender and family structure were compared by t-test analysis. Younger adolescents display higher life satisfaction compared to older adolescents. Males reported higher level of life satisfaction in school domain and lower score in living environment domain compared to females. Respondents who were living in intact family arrangement also reported to have higher life satisfaction than those who were living with other types of family arrangements. In conclusion, cognitive judgment of adolescents’ life satisfaction differ with respect to their biological age, gender, and family structure. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54978/1/Adolescents%E2%80%99%20Life%20Satisfaction%20in%20Selangor%2C%20Malaysia%20The%20Effect%20of%20Demographic%20Differences.pdf Chiong, Hoe Nee and Yaacob, Siti Nor and Baharudin, Rozumah and Tan, Jo-Pei (2016) Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences. Asian Social Science, 12 (2). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 10.5539/ass.v12n2p1
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description This present study aims to describe the level of overall and domains-specific life satisfaction and to determine how differences in demographic variables can influence life satisfaction among adolescents in Selangor, Malaysia. The sample of the study consisted of 416 school-going adolescents, aged between 14 to 17 years old, who were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling from 12 secondary schools. The findings showed that adolescents generally reported positive level of life satisfaction. Differences in life satisfaction by age, gender and family structure were compared by t-test analysis. Younger adolescents display higher life satisfaction compared to older adolescents. Males reported higher level of life satisfaction in school domain and lower score in living environment domain compared to females. Respondents who were living in intact family arrangement also reported to have higher life satisfaction than those who were living with other types of family arrangements. In conclusion, cognitive judgment of adolescents’ life satisfaction differ with respect to their biological age, gender, and family structure.
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author Chiong, Hoe Nee
Yaacob, Siti Nor
Baharudin, Rozumah
Tan, Jo-Pei
spellingShingle Chiong, Hoe Nee
Yaacob, Siti Nor
Baharudin, Rozumah
Tan, Jo-Pei
Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences
author_facet Chiong, Hoe Nee
Yaacob, Siti Nor
Baharudin, Rozumah
Tan, Jo-Pei
author_sort Chiong, Hoe Nee
title Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences
title_short Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences
title_full Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences
title_fullStr Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences
title_full_unstemmed Adolescents’ life satisfaction in Selangor, Malaysia: the effect of demographic differences
title_sort adolescents’ life satisfaction in selangor, malaysia: the effect of demographic differences
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54978/1/Adolescents%E2%80%99%20Life%20Satisfaction%20in%20Selangor%2C%20Malaysia%20The%20Effect%20of%20Demographic%20Differences.pdf
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