Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia

The purpose of this study was to identify social, economic, and psychological factors in street racing in Malaysia. The study also assessed gender differences in terms of the causes of participation in street racing, and the street racers’ personality in terms of spiritual well-being, self-efficacy,...

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Main Authors:	Nurullah, Abu Sadat, Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah, Abd Rahman, Saodah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Macrothink Institute, USA 2012
Subjects:	HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
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spelling	iium-261702015-03-20T09:43:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26170/ Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia Nurullah, Abu Sadat Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah Abd Rahman, Saodah HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform The purpose of this study was to identify social, economic, and psychological factors in street racing in Malaysia. The study also assessed gender differences in terms of the causes of participation in street racing, and the street racers’ personality in terms of spiritual well-being, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. A snowball sample of 122 street racers (males, n=99, Mean age=21.52, SD=4.25; females, n=23, Mean age=19.22, SD=2.47) responded to self-tailored questionnaires and existing scales. For female racers, ‘family violence’, ‘parental conflict’, and ‘parenting style’ were the major familial factors leading to street racing. In case of male racers, ‘parenting style’ and ‘relationship with family members’ were the main causes of street racing. A sizeable percentage of male racers and female racers identified ‘social contact with the street racers’, ‘learned attitudes which encourage street racing’, ‘mass media and peer influences’ as causes of street racing. Both groups of respondents cited ‘social pressure’, ‘social labelling’, ‘social isolation’, ‘opportunities for joining street racing’, ‘limited surveillance of authority’, and ‘limited recreational and sports facilities’ as reasons for involvement in street racing. In terms of psychological factors, considerable percentage of male racers and female racers reported ‘self-image’, ‘desire for recognition and attention’, ‘escape from social-psychological stress’, and ‘self-actualisation’ as important factors leading to street racing. Unemployment was found to be one important reason for street racing almost equally by both the groups. Significant differences in mean spiritual well-being and self-efficacy scores of male racers and female racers did not exist. However, male racers obtained significantly higher mean self-esteem score than female racers. Macrothink Institute, USA 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26170/1/Gender_Motivation_for_Street_Racing_in_Malaysia.pdf Nurullah, Abu Sadat and Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah and Abd Rahman, Saodah (2012) Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia. Journal of Sociological Research, 3 (1). pp. 67-79. ISSN 1948-5468 http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jsr/article/view/2023
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spellingShingle	HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Nurullah, Abu Sadat Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah Abd Rahman, Saodah Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia
description	The purpose of this study was to identify social, economic, and psychological factors in street racing in Malaysia. The study also assessed gender differences in terms of the causes of participation in street racing, and the street racers’ personality in terms of spiritual well-being, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. A snowball sample of 122 street racers (males, n=99, Mean age=21.52, SD=4.25; females, n=23, Mean age=19.22, SD=2.47) responded to self-tailored questionnaires and existing scales. For female racers, ‘family violence’, ‘parental conflict’, and ‘parenting style’ were the major familial factors leading to street racing. In case of male racers, ‘parenting style’ and ‘relationship with family members’ were the main causes of street racing. A sizeable percentage of male racers and female racers identified ‘social contact with the street racers’, ‘learned attitudes which encourage street racing’, ‘mass media and peer influences’ as causes of street racing. Both groups of respondents cited ‘social pressure’, ‘social labelling’, ‘social isolation’, ‘opportunities for joining street racing’, ‘limited surveillance of authority’, and ‘limited recreational and sports facilities’ as reasons for involvement in street racing. In terms of psychological factors, considerable percentage of male racers and female racers reported ‘self-image’, ‘desire for recognition and attention’, ‘escape from social-psychological stress’, and ‘self-actualisation’ as important factors leading to street racing. Unemployment was found to be one important reason for street racing almost equally by both the groups. Significant differences in mean spiritual well-being and self-efficacy scores of male racers and female racers did not exist. However, male racers obtained significantly higher mean self-esteem score than female racers.
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author	Nurullah, Abu Sadat Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah Abd Rahman, Saodah
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title	Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia
title_short	Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia
title_full	Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia
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title_full_unstemmed	Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia
title_sort	gender and motivation for street racing in malaysia
publisher	Macrothink Institute, USA
publishDate	2012
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Gender and motivation for street racing in Malaysia

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