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Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents

This paper aimed to examine the predicting role of social support (family and friends) and academic stress on life satisfaction among adolescents in Malaysia. A total of 359 secondary school students (mean of age= 16.26; 133 male adolescents, 37.0%) in Selangor were selected with cluster sampling me...

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Main Authors: Yaacob, Siti Nor, Foo, Sophia Mei Yee, Gan, Su Wan
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60553/1/Predicting%20role%20of%20social%20support%20and%20academic%20stress%20on%20life%20satisfaction%20among%20Malaysian%20adolescents.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.605532018-06-07T08:39:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60553/ Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents Yaacob, Siti Nor Foo, Sophia Mei Yee Gan, Su Wan This paper aimed to examine the predicting role of social support (family and friends) and academic stress on life satisfaction among adolescents in Malaysia. A total of 359 secondary school students (mean of age= 16.26; 133 male adolescents, 37.0%) in Selangor were selected with cluster sampling method. Self-administrated questionnaires with existing established measurements were used for collecting response. Prior to conducting regression analysis, Pearson correlation analysis was ran for testing the relationship between social support (family and friends), academic stress and life satisfaction. Results showed that both social support from family (r = .433, p < .01) and social support from friends (r = .483, p < .01) had significant positive relationship with life satisfaction. On the other hand, academic stress (r = -.011, p > .05) was failed to significantly related to life satisfaction. Thus, only social support from friends and family were included in regression analysis. By controlled respondents’ background, social support from friends (β = 0.382, p < 0.001) and social support from family (β = 0.297, p < 0.001) were found to be the predictors of adolescents’ life satisfaction. By interpreting the unstandardized beta values, social support from friends contributed higher predicting effect on adolescents’ life satisfaction as compared with social support from family. In order to increase life satisfaction among adolescents, intervention should focus on the social support that provided by both family members and friends. Penerbit UTM Press 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60553/1/Predicting%20role%20of%20social%20support%20and%20academic%20stress%20on%20life%20satisfaction%20among%20Malaysian%20adolescents.pdf Yaacob, Siti Nor and Foo, Sophia Mei Yee and Gan, Su Wan (2017) Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents. Sains Humanika, 9 (3-2). pp. 21-27. ISSN 2289-6996 https://sainshumanika.utm.my/index.php/sainshumanika/article/view/1269 10.11113/sh.v9n3-2.1269
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description This paper aimed to examine the predicting role of social support (family and friends) and academic stress on life satisfaction among adolescents in Malaysia. A total of 359 secondary school students (mean of age= 16.26; 133 male adolescents, 37.0%) in Selangor were selected with cluster sampling method. Self-administrated questionnaires with existing established measurements were used for collecting response. Prior to conducting regression analysis, Pearson correlation analysis was ran for testing the relationship between social support (family and friends), academic stress and life satisfaction. Results showed that both social support from family (r = .433, p < .01) and social support from friends (r = .483, p < .01) had significant positive relationship with life satisfaction. On the other hand, academic stress (r = -.011, p > .05) was failed to significantly related to life satisfaction. Thus, only social support from friends and family were included in regression analysis. By controlled respondents’ background, social support from friends (β = 0.382, p < 0.001) and social support from family (β = 0.297, p < 0.001) were found to be the predictors of adolescents’ life satisfaction. By interpreting the unstandardized beta values, social support from friends contributed higher predicting effect on adolescents’ life satisfaction as compared with social support from family. In order to increase life satisfaction among adolescents, intervention should focus on the social support that provided by both family members and friends.
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author Yaacob, Siti Nor
Foo, Sophia Mei Yee
Gan, Su Wan
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Foo, Sophia Mei Yee
Gan, Su Wan
Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents
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Foo, Sophia Mei Yee
Gan, Su Wan
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title Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents
title_short Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents
title_full Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents
title_fullStr Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among Malaysian adolescents
title_sort predicting role of social support and academic stress on life satisfaction among malaysian adolescents
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