Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia

This paper demonstrate the relationship between social support and psychological well-being of 240 delinquents in six rehabilitation centers in Klang Valley and Melaka. 113 males and 127 females delinquents aged between 10-18 years old were involved in this study. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived...

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Main Authors: Mansor, Mariani, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Zainal Abidin, Filzah Nashua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59296/1/Social_Support_and_Psychological_Well-being_among_Delinquents_in_Rehabilitation_Centers_in_Malaysia.pdf
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author Mansor, Mariani
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Zainal Abidin, Filzah Nashua
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Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Zainal Abidin, Filzah Nashua
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description This paper demonstrate the relationship between social support and psychological well-being of 240 delinquents in six rehabilitation centers in Klang Valley and Melaka. 113 males and 127 females delinquents aged between 10-18 years old were involved in this study. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988) and Affect Balance Scale (Bradburn, 1969) were used to assess respondents social support and psychological well- being. Findings showed that majority of the respondents exhibit high level of perceive social support and moderate level of psychological well-being. Further analysis showed that social support were found to have a significant correlation with psychological well-being.
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spelling upm.eprints-592962018-10-12T08:08:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59296/ Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia Mansor, Mariani Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Zainal Abidin, Filzah Nashua This paper demonstrate the relationship between social support and psychological well-being of 240 delinquents in six rehabilitation centers in Klang Valley and Melaka. 113 males and 127 females delinquents aged between 10-18 years old were involved in this study. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988) and Affect Balance Scale (Bradburn, 1969) were used to assess respondents social support and psychological well- being. Findings showed that majority of the respondents exhibit high level of perceive social support and moderate level of psychological well-being. Further analysis showed that social support were found to have a significant correlation with psychological well-being. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59296/1/Social_Support_and_Psychological_Well-being_among_Delinquents_in_Rehabilitation_Centers_in_Malaysia.pdf Mansor, Mariani and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Zainal Abidin, Filzah Nashua (2017) Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 7 (8). pp. 694-701. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/journals/archive_detail/IJARBSS/185 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i8/3278
spellingShingle Mansor, Mariani
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Zainal Abidin, Filzah Nashua
Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia
title Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia
title_full Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia
title_fullStr Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia
title_short Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia
title_sort social support and psychological well being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in malaysia
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