Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy
University students experience a substantial amount of change where they progress from the highly controlled setting of school to the self-motivated environment of the university. Many changes which involve social, financial, and environment elements, can be a burden to the students putting them at...
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| author | Omar Dev, Roxana Dev Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah Soh, Kim Geok Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Ismi Arif |
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| description | University students experience a substantial amount of change where they progress from the highly controlled setting of school to the self-motivated environment of the university. Many changes which involve social, financial, and environment elements, can be a burden to the students putting them at risk in negative health behaviours. Negative health behaviours among university students are a course of concern since they have a tendency to be carried into adulthood which can possibly cause the emergence of chronic disease at a younger age. Spiritual intelligence together with self-efficacy is seen to promote better health behaviour. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and self-efficacy on health behaviours among university students in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. A correlational study was conducted on 400 undergraduate university students who lived on campus and were chosen through stratified random sampling technique using closed ended questionnnaires (The Spiritual Self-Report Inventory, General Self Efficacy Scale and a modified version of Health Style Questionnaire). Pearson correlation and structural equation modelling were used to explore association between these aspects. Spiritual intelligence, self-efficacy and health behaviour were significantly correlated. Self-efficacy showed a partial mediation effect towards the relationship between spiritual intelligence and promoting health behaviour (p=0.0001). Thus, there was an association between spiritual intelligence with health behaviour, and self-efficacy with health behaviour. It is interpreted that spiritual intelligence can boost positive health behaviour and it is associated with self-efficacy relevantly gives benefit to health behaviour. Such data have important implications for both health practice and policy especially for higher education institutions. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-543622020-02-10T08:25:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54362/ Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy Omar Dev, Roxana Dev Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah Soh, Kim Geok Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Ismi Arif University students experience a substantial amount of change where they progress from the highly controlled setting of school to the self-motivated environment of the university. Many changes which involve social, financial, and environment elements, can be a burden to the students putting them at risk in negative health behaviours. Negative health behaviours among university students are a course of concern since they have a tendency to be carried into adulthood which can possibly cause the emergence of chronic disease at a younger age. Spiritual intelligence together with self-efficacy is seen to promote better health behaviour. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and self-efficacy on health behaviours among university students in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. A correlational study was conducted on 400 undergraduate university students who lived on campus and were chosen through stratified random sampling technique using closed ended questionnnaires (The Spiritual Self-Report Inventory, General Self Efficacy Scale and a modified version of Health Style Questionnaire). Pearson correlation and structural equation modelling were used to explore association between these aspects. Spiritual intelligence, self-efficacy and health behaviour were significantly correlated. Self-efficacy showed a partial mediation effect towards the relationship between spiritual intelligence and promoting health behaviour (p=0.0001). Thus, there was an association between spiritual intelligence with health behaviour, and self-efficacy with health behaviour. It is interpreted that spiritual intelligence can boost positive health behaviour and it is associated with self-efficacy relevantly gives benefit to health behaviour. Such data have important implications for both health practice and policy especially for higher education institutions. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54362/1/Spiritual%20intelligence%20on%20health%20behaviours%20among%20Malaysian%20university%20students%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20public%20university.pdf Omar Dev, Roxana Dev and Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah and Soh, Kim Geok and Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi and Ismail, Ismi Arif (2018) Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy. Malaysian Journal of Movement, Health & Exercise, 7 (2). pp. 53-64. ISSN 2600-9404; ESSN: 2600-9455 http://mohejournal.com/index.php/mohe/article/view/203 |
| spellingShingle | Omar Dev, Roxana Dev Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah Soh, Kim Geok Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Ismi Arif Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy |
| title | Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy |
| title_full | Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy |
| title_fullStr | Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy |
| title_short | Spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among Malaysian university students in a Malaysian public university: the mediating role of self efficacy |
| title_sort | spiritual intelligence on health behaviours among malaysian university students in a malaysian public university the mediating role of self efficacy |
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