Haslinda Abdullah

Haslinda Abdullah
Universiti Putra Malaysia | UPM · Institute of Social Science Studies

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Purpose This study aimed to investigate the determinants of healthy lifestyle behavior in married people. It also sought to propose an integrative model that incorporates variables from two theoretical models, namely, the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the health belief model (HBM), as well as two additional variables, namely habit and body i...
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Tourism is a significant driver of economic growth, with rural tourism playing a pivotal role in promoting rural industrial transformation. However, the expansion of rural tourism raises concerns about ecological impacts. This study examines the effects of tourism on rural communities and ecosystems in rare species reserves, focusing on the conserv...
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Background: Breast cancer remains a prevalent malignancy among women globally. Survivors often experience diminished quality of life, pain, and sleep disturbances after treatment and suffer feelings of isolation. Non-pharmacological traditional Chinese medicine (NP-TCM) interventions have been increasingly applied in clinical practice, yet their ef...
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This study seeks to uncover the underlying belief structures that shape the cognitive processes behind the intention of unmarried women toward marriage. To achieve this, the extended theory of planned behavior was utilized as the theoretical framework. Quantitative data were collected from 480 unmarried women in China. Structural Equation Modeling...
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Purpose: This paper presents the findings of a cross-sectional survey on the risk and protective factors of premarital sexual behavior among rural female adolescents in Peninsular Malaysia. Methods: We investigated data on 770 female respondents aged 13-17 years in rural areas to identify predictive factors for premarital sexual intercourse. Data w...
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Failed government’s policies aimed at developing the Niger Delta region left it one of the poorest regions of Nigeria; and necessitated agitations by the communities for oil multinationals to step in to fill this development gap. Through the company’s corporate social responsibility, Shell Petroleum Developing Company – the Nigerian subsidiary of R...
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This study examines identity formation among Golestan’s late adolescents. Its findings indicate that 94.3% of participants have not experienced an identity crisis. A majority of respondents 33.8% reflected the diffuse-avoidant identity style. No significant difference in identity style exists between late adolescent’smales and females. There isa si...
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Managing working life and personal life can result in conflicting demands and roles for young professional women in developing countries. This paper focuses on a descriptive analysis of foods related behavior and level of stress indicators of Malaysian urban working women. It also explored the association between foods related behavior indicators a...
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The usage of public transportations in Malaysia declined from 34% at 1985 to 20% at 1997 and now only left 10-12% (JICA, 1999). The government has targeted an increment of 2.5 times the number of users of public transportation in the Klang Valley, from estimated 240,000 passengers per day to 600,000 passengers in 2012. Such declination raises the q...
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Paddy is an important crop in Malaysia and it is vital for the nation's food security. Apart from this, the statistic also has proven that paddy industry in Malaysia has generated stable income for the country. Such income generation has reflected the success of this industry. Nonetheless, is the success of this industry has any impact on the paddy...
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This paper aims to examine the relationship between personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, openness, and conscientiousness) and cigarette smoking behavior and also determine the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between personality traits and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran. A...
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This paper aims to examine the relationship between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior and also determine the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran. A quantitative research method was employed. The samples included three hund...
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Currently there is an alarming increase on youth involved in delinquency and criminal action in urban and sub urban areas of Malaysia. This paper aimed to measure the level of aggressive and delinquent behaviour, identify the most common delinquent behaviours, and examine the associations of aggressive and delinquent behaviour with demographic fact...
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This paper examines the relationship between the environmental factors of peer pressure and family smoking (parents’ smoking and siblings’ smoking), and adolescent cigarette smoking habits in Kerman (as a big province in Iran). In addition, in terms of the afore-mentioned behavior, the moderating role of self-efficacy on the link of peer pressure a...
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In this study, the relationship between family factors (family cohesion and family adaptability) and cigarette smoking behaviour was investigated. The other objective of this research was exploring the moderating impact of self-efficacy on the link of family cohesion and family adaptability with cigarette smoking behaviour among Iranian youngsters...
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The concept “hope” has always been synonymous with a force that usually leads to imaginable and feasible good and better life (Ward & Wampler, 2010). According to Snyder (2000), hope can generate useful paths to reach desired goals and signifies one’s thoughts about his or her capacity to use the pathways. This dimension of hope is pertinent for pe...
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(1) Background: Climate change mitigation behavior has become a critical area of research, particularly in understanding how family contexts influence such behaviors. However, there is limited empirical comparison of theoretical models explaining this behavior in Chinese families. (2) Purpose: This study aims to compare the effectiveness of three m...
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This study aims to identify the role of parental responsibility as a central driver of health lifestyle behaviors among young mothers who are breast cancer survivors in China. The study also explores the mediating role of attitude and intention and the moderating effect of organizational culture. A cross-sectional survey of 399 young mothers who ar...
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Food security is essential for maintaining optimal nutritional habits, which involve both the quantity and quality of food consumed. Nutritional habits is one of the components in healthy lifestyle behaviour which described the nutritious food meets the dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. There has been little study i...
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Aim:This systematic review investigates the influence of extracurricular music activities on the emotional and social development of primary school students, with particular attention to the growing trend of parents enrolling their children in such activities. Method: This "craze" surrounding extracurricular music lessons warrants a detailed examin...
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This study examines the intricate relationship between social support, resilience, and gratitude, and how these collectively impact happiness. Utilising current psychological theories, the study seeks to clarify how these positive psychology concepts impact the well-being of young adults in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey was conducted, comprisi...
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This study investigates the impact of different personality qualities, namely Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, and empathy, on prosocial behavior in a sample of 322 adults. The study employed a quantitative research methodology to examine personality traits and prosocial behavior using self-reported measures. C...
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This study explores the mediating role of work motivation in the relationships between work ethics, workload, and work commitment among employees in service companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Utilizing a cross-sectional survey of 382 employees from various courier service companies, the research employs established instruments to measure the cons...
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This study investigates the impact of Positive Youth Development (PYD) attributes, specifically Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character, and Caring, which are together referred to as the 5Cs, on the overall well-being of young individuals. The research examines the impact of these qualities on the psychological well-being of young individuals...
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This study explores the mediating roles of sexual arousal and gratification in the relationship between online pornography motivation and tendencies towards internet-pornography-viewing disorder (IPD) among young adults who reported watching pornography. Utilizing a cross-sectional survey of 405 participants, data were collected through online ques...
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Purpose This study aims to meta-analytically investigate the impact of educational technology interventions on the development of creative thinking in educational settings. In recent years, the debate among researchers has persisted regarding the impact of various educational technologies, including interactive learning environments, digital instru...
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The rise of artificial intelligence has brought profound changes to society and brought new challenges and opportunities to adolescents. With the development of artificial intelligence, adolescents are facing unprecedented social pressure and changes and need to adapt to new roles and responsibilities. This requires them to have a full understandin...
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With the advancement of modernization, commoditization and grassroots governance have become important terms. Community governance not only promotes modern democracy but plays a key role in improving community governance capabilities and modernizing the governance system, which is receiving much attention. Despite the expanding number of articles o...
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PERMA is a multidimensional well-being model that has contributed greatly to the well-being of people and communities. This research aimed to create the PERMA instrument, which measures the five dimensions of well-being in Malaysia: positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning in life, and accomplishment, and to assess its factor...
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In light of the rapidly evolving digital landscape, there is an increasing need to explore digital hoarding behavior. This need is driven by concerns regarding its intricate psychological foundations and its impact on individuals within our technology-centric society. This research investigates the influence of various factors, including the fear o...
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Healthy lifestyle behaviour is described as acts or behaviours that individuals participate in with the goal of encouraging and committing to a healthy lifestyle. There has been little study into healthy living activities among couples. The purpose of this study is to determine how healthy lifestyle attitude (HLA), subjective norm (SN), and perceiv...
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Previous studies have linked religiosity to a variety of positive outcomes for young people. However, further investigation into the underlying mechanisms that drive this connection is necessary to facilitate these positive outcomes. Some studies have suggested that afterlife reward and punishment beliefs play a role in this connection, as they pro...
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Kesatuan sekerja Universiti Awam terdapat di semua wilayah di Malaysia iaitu Semenanjung Malaysia, Sabah dan Sarawak. Kesatuan-kesatuan ini bergerak secara tersendiri mengikut wilayah masing-masing sejajar dengan kehendak Akta Kesatuan Sekerja 1959. Kesatuan sekerja ini dikawal selia dengan baik oleh Persatuan Presiden dan Setiausaha Kehormat Kesat...
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Understanding the differences in ethnic and gender communication styles in the Malaysian context is crucial for fostering inclusive and effective communication, promoting cultural sensitivity, and reducing potential biases or misunderstandings that may hinder successful interpersonal interactions. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to det...
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Understanding the relationship between self-construal and communication style is important because it allows for a better comprehension of how cultural values and individual perspectives shape communication behaviors. This leads to a more effective cross-cultural interactions and improved mutual understanding. Therefore, this study was conducted to...
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This research study investigates the mediating influence of intergroup anxiety in the linkage between imagined contact and prosocial behavioral intentions. Authors extend the existing literature on imagined contact by incorporating behavioral scripts and a visual perspective as part of the intervention. To further enhance the generalizability of th...
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The pandemic of COVID-19 is a major public health problem throughout the world. The study conducted is to examine whether the relationship between online classes, Cyberbullying, and internet addiction can affect the mental health of undergraduate students at Universiti Putra Malaysia. The respondent is randomly chosen from students. The study emplo...
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Nowadays maximize youth experiences in community sports programs, especially for vulnerable and/or marginalized youth who may have limited access and opportunity to these experiences is vital. This study examined how community youth sports programs have been community-focused in developing the youth's life skills and creating positive youth develop...
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Life skills have been shown to help young people cope with challenges and facilitate their transition into adulthood. Few studies have explored life skills programs from the lived experiences of youth themselves. Using a retrospective narrative analysis approach, this study uses social construction and social learning theories to investigate how yo...
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Prejudice and discrimination continue to persist within school environments, creating barriers to inclusive and equitable education. Addressing this issue requires a comprehensive and multifaceted approach that incorporates various strategies. This chapter presents an integrative framework for prejudice reduction in schools from a social-psychologi...
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The integration of social psychology and school education has been a long-standing challenge for scholars. The lack of comprehensive resources that bridge these fields has hindered progress in understanding student behavior, classroom dynamics, and effective educational practices. The absence of a cohesive framework limits the potential impact of s...
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This study delves into the effects of climate change on the coastal regions of Malaysia, with a specific focus on fishing communities and the vulnerability of young fishermen. Recognizing the potential impact on their mental well-being, the researchers aim to understand how climate change influences the life satisfaction of these individuals and in...
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Introduction This article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university students. Methods A mediation model was tested to test the hypothesis that social comparison orientation and fear of missing out would mediate the link between smartphone addictio...
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Life satisfaction is important because it promotes overall well-being, fostering a sense of purpose and happiness, which can lead to healthier, more fulfilling lives. This study thus aimed at examining the relationship between social adaptability, psychological distress and parental attitude on life satisfaction among the Malaysian young adults. Ad...
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(1) Background: The present study investigated the relationships between social identity, core self-evaluation, school adaptation, and mental health problems in migrant children, and the mechanism underlying these relationships; (2) Methods: The participants were migrant middle school students in China. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS versio...
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1) Background: Social capital linking, bridging, and bonding have become fascinating options for sustainable development in rural Malaysia. (2) Objective: The aims of this research were (i) to evaluate how leadership styles affect the social capital in rural Malaysia, and (ii) to examine the moderating role of motivation in enhancing these relation...
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The psychological and social effects of the doctrine of purgatory (temporary afterlife punishment) have not received sufficient attention from sociologists. Temporary afterlife punishment (TAP) is any kind of ‘temporary’ torment a person believes they will receive after death as a result of one’s sins, before admission into heaven/paradise. Investi...
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The purgatory doctrine, which has played a vital role in Christian culture, states that most believers must experience afterlife punishment in order to be cleansed of their sins before entering Heaven. Traditional Islamic theology rejects the notion of purgatory (Al-Motahher) through the Balance doctrine (Mizan), which states that if the good deeds...
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Narratives are written accounts or spoken or remembered words that are representations of events. Interviews contain narratives that may be analyzed through multiple approaches. However, few authors describe the process of transforming interviews into stories. Using transcripts from the first author's PhD study of young adults'’ experiences with li...
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Islamic theology emphasizes the importance of achieving balance (equilibrium) between afterlife hope and fear for spiritual health. This study is a preliminary step to measure this phenomenon among young Muslims. The aim of this study is to examine afterlife expectations balance by developing new survey measures of afterlife hope expectations (AHE)...
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Cyberbullying has emerged of late as a serious issue, especially among the most active internet users in Malaysia – youths. As the number of related studies is still lacking, the present study aims to determine the predictors of cyberbullying among youths in Malaysia. The study is quantitative in nature and in total had involved 400 youths aged bet...
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Youth organizations often face challenges in reaching their potential as places of empowerment and engagement for youth development. While evidence-based practices of how organizations foster youth engagement exist, there are few replicable models or conceptual frameworks that cross-cut these different practices. The purpose of this multi-level, mi...
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Recently, the field of social innovation (SI) is making rapid progress and this development is being supported by unprecedented opportunities for digital technology. However, digital social innovation (DSI) should be seen as part of a youth work practice where alternative solutions can be found to improve the living conditions of communities and yo...
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This study sought to develop and validate an instrument measuring cyberbullying among Malaysian youths. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was employed to determine the best sub-factors and items for the instrument, while confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test and validate the measurement model. Results from EFA on 38 items showed...
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Despite the ongoing globalisation of higher education, few studies have attempted to understand international students' adjustment experiences in non-Western institutions of higher learning. This study employed in depth, semi-structured interviews to explore the adjustment experiences of 10 international postgraduate students in Malaysia. Three the...
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Stories are essential realities from our past and present. As the primary sources of data in narrative research, interview transcripts play an essential role in giving meaning to the personal stories of research participants. The pragmatic narratives found in transcripts represent human experience as it unfolds. Analyzing the narratives found in in...
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The search for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information is one of the important aspects in the context of health education. The purpose of this study is to find out how adolescents access sources of information related to SRH information seeking behavior in Sarawak. A cross-sectional study was conducted in three locations in Sarawak namely...
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Teenage pregnancy is among the main social issues that involves Sarawak teenagers. Teenage pregnancy may lead to various social, psychological, and physiological effects to the mother and child. Sarawak is one of the states in Malaysia that recorded a substantial number of teenage pregnancy cases. As such, an in-depth understanding of this issue ma...
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The term Social Entrepreneurship (SE) is not new in Malaysia but not many studies were done on this community, especially on their subjective well-being. This term has long been debated among scholars because it is a fast-growing phenomenon among both academics and practitioners in the area. SE is defined as an entrepreneurial activity known to add...