In February 2021, the government of Malaysia started the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination with the frontlines, such as healthcare personnel, essential services, and defense and security personnel. This effort was followed by the second phase of vaccination between April to August 2021 with senior citizens and high-risk groups, followed by the third phase from May 2021 to February 2022 with individuals aged 18 and above. Though this plan has been widely publicized and seemed to be carried out as planned, not much is known about the reaction of young adults getting vaccinated. As such, the current research was conducted to examine the (1) willingness of Malaysian young adults to get vaccinated, (2) contributing factors, and (3) hindrance factors towards vaccination among young adults. A self-administered online survey method was employed in this study, with 306 Malaysian young adults living in Klang Valley as research samples. The findings indicated that 74.5% of the respondents were willing to get vaccinated and that most of them, regardless of their vaccination willingness, emphasized the salient role that reliable and trusted information plays in shaping their inclinations. Based on their reported willingness, the respondents were categorized into two categories: vaxx-confident and vaxx-hesitant agents. The agents of socialization that were analyzed and discussed were news and media, family members, government, and opinion leaders. The two-way socialization processes that promote and hinder their COVID-19 vaccination were further discussed and highlighted.
{"title":"Vaxx-Confident and Vaxx-Hesitant Agents: Factors Affecting COVID-19 Vaccination Willingness Among Young Adults in Klang Valley, Malaysia","authors":"P. M. Wan, Affezah Ali, Miew Luan Ng","doi":"10.47836/pjssh.31.1.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.31.1.18","url":null,"abstract":"In February 2021, the government of Malaysia started the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination with the frontlines, such as healthcare personnel, essential services, and defense and security personnel. This effort was followed by the second phase of vaccination between April to August 2021 with senior citizens and high-risk groups, followed by the third phase from May 2021 to February 2022 with individuals aged 18 and above. Though this plan has been widely publicized and seemed to be carried out as planned, not much is known about the reaction of young adults getting vaccinated. As such, the current research was conducted to examine the (1) willingness of Malaysian young adults to get vaccinated, (2) contributing factors, and (3) hindrance factors towards vaccination among young adults. A self-administered online survey method was employed in this study, with 306 Malaysian young adults living in Klang Valley as research samples. The findings indicated that 74.5% of the respondents were willing to get vaccinated and that most of them, regardless of their vaccination willingness, emphasized the salient role that reliable and trusted information plays in shaping their inclinations. Based on their reported willingness, the respondents were categorized into two categories: vaxx-confident and vaxx-hesitant agents. The agents of socialization that were analyzed and discussed were news and media, family members, government, and opinion leaders. The two-way socialization processes that promote and hinder their COVID-19 vaccination were further discussed and highlighted.","PeriodicalId":125431,"journal":{"name":"Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126641126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chemistry textbooks serve as the primary reference for teachers and students during teaching and learning. The textbook details the learning content and knowledge covered within a particular subject. Chemistry is more effective in raising awareness of people’s behavior and its impact on the surrounding environment, so it receives more research attention. This study investigates the chemistry content covered in Malaysian Independent Chinese Secondary School and lower secondary science textbooks published by Chinese People’s Education Press. The comparative method, which includes description, interpretation, juxtaposition, and comparison, was employed in this study. The authors compared lower secondary science textbooks used in most regions of China and Malaysian Chinese schools. Results showed some similarities in the chemistry contents; for instance, they are arranged from fundamental concepts to a broader perspective. However, differences were found in the sequence in which the chemistry concepts and their application to Nature were introduced in both textbook versions used in this study. It was discovered that the organization of chemistry textbooks used in most regions of China was more scientific than the book used in Malaysia. It was relatively basic in comparison and only presented the concepts required for secondary school subjects. The findings of this study suggest that it might be appropriate for 21st-century chemistry concepts to be integrated into the curriculum to address the need for education in environmental and sustainability issues from the perspective of education in chemistry.
{"title":"A Comparative Analysis of Lower Secondary Chemistry Textbook Components: A Study Involving the Chinese Communities of China and Malaysia","authors":"Baosheng An, Kah-Heng Chua","doi":"10.47836/pjssh.31.1.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.31.1.16","url":null,"abstract":"Chemistry textbooks serve as the primary reference for teachers and students during teaching and learning. The textbook details the learning content and knowledge covered within a particular subject. Chemistry is more effective in raising awareness of people’s behavior and its impact on the surrounding environment, so it receives more research attention. This study investigates the chemistry content covered in Malaysian Independent Chinese Secondary School and lower secondary science textbooks published by Chinese People’s Education Press. The comparative method, which includes description, interpretation, juxtaposition, and comparison, was employed in this study. The authors compared lower secondary science textbooks used in most regions of China and Malaysian Chinese schools. Results showed some similarities in the chemistry contents; for instance, they are arranged from fundamental concepts to a broader perspective. However, differences were found in the sequence in which the chemistry concepts and their application to Nature were introduced in both textbook versions used in this study. It was discovered that the organization of chemistry textbooks used in most regions of China was more scientific than the book used in Malaysia. It was relatively basic in comparison and only presented the concepts required for secondary school subjects. The findings of this study suggest that it might be appropriate for 21st-century chemistry concepts to be integrated into the curriculum to address the need for education in environmental and sustainability issues from the perspective of education in chemistry.","PeriodicalId":125431,"journal":{"name":"Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124638433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Within the literary realm, the relationship between environmental sensitivity and postcolonial woundedness is an interestingly intersecting perspective. Ecocriticism highlights Nature as a space of sociocultural values where the writer uses his imaginative bend to explore issues related to the environment, such as the maltreatment of the environment by humans and anthropocentric utilization of nature. Taking Aamer Hussein’s collection of short stories, i.e., The Swan’s Wife, as a sample, the current study, in this context, sheds light on how nature/environment and postcolonial understanding can serve as a metaphoric signifier for healing colonial wounds. Through a detailed qualitative content analysis, the paper explains how nature is an engaging mechanism in Aamer Hussein’s selected work that assimilates diasporic imagination with eco-consciousness. The study, thus, initiates a much-needed debate between the role of ecocritical thought and postcolonial consciousness in the Pakistani context.
{"title":"Ecocritical Responsiveness and Diasporic Imagination: An Eco-Colonial Representation in Diasporic Writings","authors":"Shahida Riaz, S. Noreen, Rasib Mahmood","doi":"10.47836/pjssh.31.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.31.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"Within the literary realm, the relationship between environmental sensitivity and postcolonial woundedness is an interestingly intersecting perspective. Ecocriticism highlights Nature as a space of sociocultural values where the writer uses his imaginative bend to explore issues related to the environment, such as the maltreatment of the environment by humans and anthropocentric utilization of nature. Taking Aamer Hussein’s collection of short stories, i.e., The Swan’s Wife, as a sample, the current study, in this context, sheds light on how nature/environment and postcolonial understanding can serve as a metaphoric signifier for healing colonial wounds. Through a detailed qualitative content analysis, the paper explains how nature is an engaging mechanism in Aamer Hussein’s selected work that assimilates diasporic imagination with eco-consciousness. The study, thus, initiates a much-needed debate between the role of ecocritical thought and postcolonial consciousness in the Pakistani context.","PeriodicalId":125431,"journal":{"name":"Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131053486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Norsyafiq Zaidi, Rahim Aman, Shahidi Abdul Hamid
This study reconstructed the proto-phoneme of consonants for a subdialect in the central basin of the Pahang River. The length of this river is 459 kilometres, and the area in the centre part of the river was selected to perform comparative linguistics observations. Five research sites were selected for this study purpose, namely Kuala Tembeling (KT), Lada (LDA), Jeransang (JRG), Kedondong (DDG), and Bukit Nikmat (BMT), based on their distinctive phonological characteristics. The research sites were visited twice to ensure the authenticity of the gathered data. The data were screened to extract cognate words using Crowley’s framework. Crowley’s sound correspondence set (SCS) was employed to evaluate and extract proto-phonemes. After the phonemes were retrieved, the reconstructed proto-phoneme of Adelaar was used as a point of comparison. The findings revealed that Proto-Centre Pahang river (PCPr) has 18 ancient consonant phonemes (*p, *b, *t, *d, *k, *ɡ, *m, *n, *ɲ, *ŋ, *l, *s, *ɣ, *h, *c, *ɟ, *w, and *j). The distribution of these consonants is diverse and depends on the consonant type. A vocalic feature of PCPr, such as vowels and diphthongs, should be the subject of future discussion to arrive at definitive conclusions regarding phonological changes between PCPr and Proto-Malayic (PM).
{"title":"Reconstruction of Proto Central of Pahang River Phoneme","authors":"Muhammad Norsyafiq Zaidi, Rahim Aman, Shahidi Abdul Hamid","doi":"10.47836/pjssh.31.1.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.31.1.19","url":null,"abstract":"This study reconstructed the proto-phoneme of consonants for a subdialect in the central basin of the Pahang River. The length of this river is 459 kilometres, and the area in the centre part of the river was selected to perform comparative linguistics observations. Five research sites were selected for this study purpose, namely Kuala Tembeling (KT), Lada (LDA), Jeransang (JRG), Kedondong (DDG), and Bukit Nikmat (BMT), based on their distinctive phonological characteristics. The research sites were visited twice to ensure the authenticity of the gathered data. The data were screened to extract cognate words using Crowley’s framework. Crowley’s sound correspondence set (SCS) was employed to evaluate and extract proto-phonemes. After the phonemes were retrieved, the reconstructed proto-phoneme of Adelaar was used as a point of comparison. The findings revealed that Proto-Centre Pahang river (PCPr) has 18 ancient consonant phonemes (*p, *b, *t, *d, *k, *ɡ, *m, *n, *ɲ, *ŋ, *l, *s, *ɣ, *h, *c, *ɟ, *w, and *j). The distribution of these consonants is diverse and depends on the consonant type. A vocalic feature of PCPr, such as vowels and diphthongs, should be the subject of future discussion to arrive at definitive conclusions regarding phonological changes between PCPr and Proto-Malayic (PM).","PeriodicalId":125431,"journal":{"name":"Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129368117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Most developing countries launched the national family planning program in the 1960s/70s. However, some countries’ contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) remains low or stagnated. Despite having a similar religious belief, the level of contraceptive use differed between Malaysia and Pakistan. This study examines the factors associated with contraceptive use in Malaysia and Pakistan. This study used secondary data from the 2014 Malaysian Population and Family Survey and the 2017–2018 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey. A total of 5,175 Malaysian and 14,502 Pakistani currently married women aged 15–49 were included in this study. The dependent variable is current contraceptive use. The independent variables include women’s age, age at first marriage, place of residence, women’s educational level, employment status, and the number of living children. Crosstabulations show that urban, better-educated, and working women in Pakistan reported higher modern CPR than their rural, lesser-educated, and non-working counterparts; however, the opposite was observed in Malaysia. Multinomial logistic regression analysis reveals that rural women were less likely to practice modern and traditional methods than non-use in Pakistan. In Pakistan, the odds of practising modern and traditional methods than non-use were higher among women who attained at least primary education, while working women were more likely to practice modern contraceptive methods than non-use and traditional methods. However, women’s education and employment factors were insignificant in the multivariate context of the case of Malaysia. Enhancing women’s socio-economic status and reaching out to rural, uneducated, and jobless women are essential to improving contraceptive use, especially in Pakistan.
{"title":"Factors Associated with Contraceptive Use in Malaysia and Pakistan","authors":"Keh Yoong Hoo, Siow Li Lai","doi":"10.47836/pjssh.31.1.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.31.1.14","url":null,"abstract":"Most developing countries launched the national family planning program in the 1960s/70s. However, some countries’ contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) remains low or stagnated. Despite having a similar religious belief, the level of contraceptive use differed between Malaysia and Pakistan. This study examines the factors associated with contraceptive use in Malaysia and Pakistan. This study used secondary data from the 2014 Malaysian Population and Family Survey and the 2017–2018 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey. A total of 5,175 Malaysian and 14,502 Pakistani currently married women aged 15–49 were included in this study. The dependent variable is current contraceptive use. The independent variables include women’s age, age at first marriage, place of residence, women’s educational level, employment status, and the number of living children. Crosstabulations show that urban, better-educated, and working women in Pakistan reported higher modern CPR than their rural, lesser-educated, and non-working counterparts; however, the opposite was observed in Malaysia. Multinomial logistic regression analysis reveals that rural women were less likely to practice modern and traditional methods than non-use in Pakistan. In Pakistan, the odds of practising modern and traditional methods than non-use were higher among women who attained at least primary education, while working women were more likely to practice modern contraceptive methods than non-use and traditional methods. However, women’s education and employment factors were insignificant in the multivariate context of the case of Malaysia. Enhancing women’s socio-economic status and reaching out to rural, uneducated, and jobless women are essential to improving contraceptive use, especially in Pakistan.","PeriodicalId":125431,"journal":{"name":"Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125931416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jane Kimm Lii Teh, N. Tey, Siow Li Lai, Nur Airena Aireen Azman
Malaysia is undergoing rapid age structural shift to becoming an ageing nation by 2030 when 14% of its population will be aged 60 and over. Population ageing strains the healthcare system due to the rapid rise in non-communicable diseases and poses enormous challenges in providing social protection. Health promotion can ameliorate these twin problems through the active engagement of older adults in the labour force and social activities. This paper used data from the 2014 Malaysian Population and Family Survey (MPFS) to study the factors associated with active engagement in social and economic activities, and the health status of older adults. The survey covered a nationally representative sample of 4,039 older Malaysians aged 60 and over. SPSS was used to perform bivariate and multivariate analyses. About one-quarter of older Malaysians are still working, and three-quarters participate in religious activities, but a small proportion is involved in NGO/community activities and regular exercise. Males are more active than females in all these activities. The majority perceived themselves to be in good or moderately good health. Active participation in social, economic, religious, and physical activities was positively associated with health. Given the relatively low level of labour force participation and social activities among older Malaysians, there is a need for intervention strategies to encourage and facilitate the active engagement of older adults to reduce their health problems and increase self-reliance for a better quality of life.
{"title":"Active Engagement and Health Status of Older Malaysians: Evidence from a Household Survey","authors":"Jane Kimm Lii Teh, N. Tey, Siow Li Lai, Nur Airena Aireen Azman","doi":"10.47836/pjssh.31.1.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.31.1.13","url":null,"abstract":"Malaysia is undergoing rapid age structural shift to becoming an ageing nation by 2030 when 14% of its population will be aged 60 and over. Population ageing strains the healthcare system due to the rapid rise in non-communicable diseases and poses enormous challenges in providing social protection. Health promotion can ameliorate these twin problems through the active engagement of older adults in the labour force and social activities. This paper used data from the 2014 Malaysian Population and Family Survey (MPFS) to study the factors associated with active engagement in social and economic activities, and the health status of older adults. The survey covered a nationally representative sample of 4,039 older Malaysians aged 60 and over. SPSS was used to perform bivariate and multivariate analyses. About one-quarter of older Malaysians are still working, and three-quarters participate in religious activities, but a small proportion is involved in NGO/community activities and regular exercise. Males are more active than females in all these activities. The majority perceived themselves to be in good or moderately good health. Active participation in social, economic, religious, and physical activities was positively associated with health. Given the relatively low level of labour force participation and social activities among older Malaysians, there is a need for intervention strategies to encourage and facilitate the active engagement of older adults to reduce their health problems and increase self-reliance for a better quality of life.","PeriodicalId":125431,"journal":{"name":"Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115455581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thailand emphasises encouraging all sectors to achieve their commitments to improving the quality of human life following the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030. Therefore, educational institutions across the country must develop school management approaches to enhance the quality of education and prepare Thai society to meet global challenges. This research aims to contribute to global action by developing school strategies and leadership practices to help achieve the SDGs. The mixed method of SWOT and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to determine a suitable strategy for school accomplishment. In-depth interviews with school administrators were conducted to identify the leadership practices of school management. The results indicated an urgent need to equip human resources with knowledge and expertise in the energy field and the environment to teach students effectively. The five keys to leadership success in human resource development include goal setting, strategic budgeting, activity planning, achievement striving, and collaborative building. The school administrative strategies and leadership practices towards energy and environmental excellence developed in this study would be beneficial guidelines for school leaders in policy implementation for attaining SDGs. Contribution to SDGs would create a more sustainable world for all.
{"title":"School Management for Sustainable Development in Energy and Environmental Excellence","authors":"Nuttiya Tantranont, Chayanon Sawatdeenarunat","doi":"10.47836/pjssh.31.1.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.31.1.21","url":null,"abstract":"Thailand emphasises encouraging all sectors to achieve their commitments to improving the quality of human life following the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030. Therefore, educational institutions across the country must develop school management approaches to enhance the quality of education and prepare Thai society to meet global challenges. This research aims to contribute to global action by developing school strategies and leadership practices to help achieve the SDGs. The mixed method of SWOT and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to determine a suitable strategy for school accomplishment. In-depth interviews with school administrators were conducted to identify the leadership practices of school management. The results indicated an urgent need to equip human resources with knowledge and expertise in the energy field and the environment to teach students effectively. The five keys to leadership success in human resource development include goal setting, strategic budgeting, activity planning, achievement striving, and collaborative building. The school administrative strategies and leadership practices towards energy and environmental excellence developed in this study would be beneficial guidelines for school leaders in policy implementation for attaining SDGs. Contribution to SDGs would create a more sustainable world for all.","PeriodicalId":125431,"journal":{"name":"Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities","volume":"24 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123702014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rabeea Mohammed Mansour Imleesh, Wasino Wasino, Rusdarti Rusdarti, E. Handoyo, M. Hasibuan
In Libya, social sciences teachers at Junior High Schools are known for their unattractive, traditional, text-based teachings. As a result, their students’ grasps of social sciences tend to be lower. This research using experimental research aims at evaluating and analyzing a teacher-lecturer collaboration on the Lesson Study approach to enhance the quality of teaching social sciences to JHS students in Libya. The students experiment Al-Bernawi Libyan JHS as subjects with a pre-and-post-test design in a quantitative method, where one-way ANOVA tests compare the reflections of Lesson Study variations on three groups of students: Group A (Lesson Study involving only teachers), Group B (Lesson Study involving only lecturers), and Group C (Lesson Study involving a collaboration of teachers-lecturers). The findings reveal that (1) Once Lesson Study is introduced into the teaching process in any of the Groups, the students’ learning system eventually improves their accomplishment, (2) In Al-Bernawi School Libya, the collaboration between teachers and lecturers (Group C) has been the most effective in the students’ learning as compared to the other variations (Group A and B). The one-way ANOVA test above shows that the lesson study approaches are efficient with teachers and lecturers (F = 78.14; p = 0.00 0.01). The Post Hoc test findings revealed that the combined approach of teachers and lecturers was more successful than the combined technique of teachers and lecturers alone (MD = -8.28; p> 0.05).
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Khadijah Muda, Siti Nor Azhani Mohd Tohar, Khairul Anwar Johari Mastor, Nazri Muslim, Fazilah Idris, Siti Nor Baya Yacob
Unsur tradisi merupakan isu sensitif yang boleh mendatangkan pertelingkahan antara kaum. Di media sosial, elemen unsur tradisi sering menjadi punca pergaduhan antara orang Melayu dengan bukan Melayu. Oleh itu, menjadi satu keperluan untuk memahami pengetahuan, sikap dan penghayatan masyarakat terhadap unsur tradisi. Namun, tiada skala pengukuran yang disahkan dan dapat digunakan untuk mengukur pengetahuan, sikap dan penghayatan masyarakat Malaysia terhadap unsur tradisi. Maka, kajian ini akan membangunkan skala yang sah dan dapat digunakan untuk mengukur pengetahuan, sikap dan penghayatan unsur tradisi dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia. Metodologi kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif, dijalankan secara keratan rentas terhadap 2389 responden melalui pensampelan berkelompok ke atas responden Melayu, Cina dan India di Semenanjung Malaysia, berusia 18 tahun dan ke atas. Instrumen soal selidik dibangunkan sendiri berdasarkan elemen unsur tradisi yang terdapat dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan model KAP (knowledge, attitude and practices) dan disemak oleh pakar bidang sosiologi perlembagaan dan psikometrik. Seterusnya ujian rintis dijalankan sebanyak dua kali, dan etika penyelidikan diperoleh serta kajian sebenar dijalankan. Setelah selesai pengumpulan data melalui media sosial, pengesahan serta kebolehpercayaan konstruk dan item dilakukan menggunakan analisis Item Response Theory (IRT) dan Conformation Factor Analysis menggunakan perisian SPSS, Jamovi dan Amos. Hasil kajian menunjukkan 34 item bagi konstruk pengetahuan, sikap dan penghayatan sah dan dapat digunakan berdasarkan kepada kesahan dalaman ketiga-tiga konstruk (Cronbach α > .70). Namun beberapa item bagi konstruk sikap dan penghayatan perlu dibuang iaitu item-item yang mempunyai factor loading yang rendah. Implikasinya, item-item yang tinggal lebih mengukur dengan tepat dan tidak berlaku pertindihan antara item.
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The present investigation purported to develop and validate an indigenous social cynicism scale for young adult women. Following an exploratory sequential research design, the study involved three phases. In phase I, a qualitative study with (n = 20) young adult women is conducted to conceptualize the construct of social cynicism. The themes drawn from the data were used to develop a pool of 36 items. After extensive scrutiny and evaluation by five expert judges, 28 items were finalized that were phrased in a self-report five-point Likert rating scale. In phase II, the psychometric properties of the scale were established. Through non-probability purposive sampling, a sample of (n = 227) young adult women aged 18-28 years (M = 22.29 and SD = 2.06) was recruited for exploratory factor analysis. Principle Component Analysis was performed for factor extractions, while the Direct Oblimin method was applied for factor rotations. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy and Bartlett’s test of sphericity were found to be significant. As a result, a final scale of 19 items with a three-factor model, namely institutional, experiential and dispositional cynicism, emerged that accounted for 42.41% variance, with an alpha reliability of .83. In phase III, another sample of (n = 218) young adult women with an age range of 18–27 years (M = 22.48 and SD = 2.38) was recruited to run confirmatory factor analysis that revealed a good model fit and validated the three-dimensional structure of the scale.
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