Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youths

The article presents reliability statistics data in relation to the development of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties scale for youths in a Malaysia context. The data were obtained from youths participants in Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. The data has four differe...

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Main Authors: Nor Ba'yah Abdul Kadir, Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun, Norhayati Ibrahim, Hilwa Abdullah Mohd Nor, Diana Johan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Data in Brief
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920306892
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author Nor Ba'yah Abdul Kadir
Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun
Norhayati Ibrahim
Hilwa Abdullah Mohd Nor
Diana Johan
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Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun
Norhayati Ibrahim
Hilwa Abdullah Mohd Nor
Diana Johan
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description The article presents reliability statistics data in relation to the development of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties scale for youths in a Malaysia context. The data were obtained from youths participants in Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. The data has four different subscales in describing emotional instability and behavioral difficulties. The data were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's ω, and Gutmann's λ6 to examine internal consistency test. The data showed that this new scale can be used to measure three subscales of emotional instability and one subscale of behavioral difficulties among youths in a Malaysia context.
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spelling doaj.art-b19a9a86d33543a0aa829abf80f12ab02022-12-21T19:53:56ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092020-08-0131105795Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youthsNor Ba'yah Abdul Kadir0Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun1Norhayati Ibrahim2Hilwa Abdullah Mohd Nor3Diana Johan4Corresponding author: Nor Ba'yah Abdul Kadir Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaUniversiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaUniversiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaUniversiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaUniversiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaThe article presents reliability statistics data in relation to the development of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties scale for youths in a Malaysia context. The data were obtained from youths participants in Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. The data has four different subscales in describing emotional instability and behavioral difficulties. The data were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's ω, and Gutmann's λ6 to examine internal consistency test. The data showed that this new scale can be used to measure three subscales of emotional instability and one subscale of behavioral difficulties among youths in a Malaysia context.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920306892AdolescentsYouthsEmotionsBehaviorAssessmentMalaysia
spellingShingle Nor Ba'yah Abdul Kadir
Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun
Norhayati Ibrahim
Hilwa Abdullah Mohd Nor
Diana Johan
Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youths
Data in Brief
Adolescents
Youths
Emotions
Behavior
Assessment
Malaysia
title Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youths
title_full Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youths
title_fullStr Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youths
title_full_unstemmed Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youths
title_short Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youths
title_sort dataset to develop self report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for malaysian youths
topic Adolescents
Youths
Emotions
Behavior
Assessment
Malaysia
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920306892
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