Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia

Adolescence is a stage in human life where children seek autonomy and identity, are more prone to peer influence and deviant behaviour and frequently experience unstable emotional feelings. The changes experienced by adolescents and how they react to the changes highly depend on their culture, conte...

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Main Author:	Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
Subjects:	BF Psychology BF712 Developmental psychology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/75887/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75887/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75887/1/75887_Psychological%20Distress%20among%20Adolescents.pdf

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spelling	iium-758872020-01-09T02:17:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75887/ Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie BF Psychology BF712 Developmental psychology Adolescence is a stage in human life where children seek autonomy and identity, are more prone to peer influence and deviant behaviour and frequently experience unstable emotional feelings. The changes experienced by adolescents and how they react to the changes highly depend on their culture, context and religious values. As a result, adolescents, regardless of their ethnic origin, are likely to experience psychological disturbance in the process of making adjustment. This study aims to investigate whether there is a difference in psychological distress experienced by adolescents of different ethnic groups. Five hundred and seventy-one adolescents (Malay, Chinese and Indian) were recruited from secondary schools in several states in Malaysia. A set of questionnaire that consists of demographic questions and statements from the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) that measure psychological distress was given to each participant. Based on the one-way analysis of variance, there is a significant different in the score of GHQ across ethnic groups. The mean score of Malay adolescents is significantly different from the mean score of Chinese adolescents. The mean score of Indian adolescents however, is not significantly different from the mean scores of the Malay and Chinese adolescents. These findings provide new knowledge for school counselling services regarding ethnic differences in psychological distress and inform the way forward for future research in the field of adolescent psychology. International Islamic University Malaysia 2019-06-21 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75887/1/75887_Psychological%20Distress%20among%20Adolescents.pdf Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie (2019) Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia. IIUM Journal of Human Sciences, 1 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2682-8731 https://journals.iium.edu.my/irkh/index.php/ijohs/article/view/27/9
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description	Adolescence is a stage in human life where children seek autonomy and identity, are more prone to peer influence and deviant behaviour and frequently experience unstable emotional feelings. The changes experienced by adolescents and how they react to the changes highly depend on their culture, context and religious values. As a result, adolescents, regardless of their ethnic origin, are likely to experience psychological disturbance in the process of making adjustment. This study aims to investigate whether there is a difference in psychological distress experienced by adolescents of different ethnic groups. Five hundred and seventy-one adolescents (Malay, Chinese and Indian) were recruited from secondary schools in several states in Malaysia. A set of questionnaire that consists of demographic questions and statements from the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) that measure psychological distress was given to each participant. Based on the one-way analysis of variance, there is a significant different in the score of GHQ across ethnic groups. The mean score of Malay adolescents is significantly different from the mean score of Chinese adolescents. The mean score of Indian adolescents however, is not significantly different from the mean scores of the Malay and Chinese adolescents. These findings provide new knowledge for school counselling services regarding ethnic differences in psychological distress and inform the way forward for future research in the field of adolescent psychology.
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author	Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie
author_facet	Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie
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title	Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_short	Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_full	Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia
title_sort	psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in malaysia
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/75887/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75887/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/75887/1/75887_Psychological%20Distress%20among%20Adolescents.pdf
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Psychological distress among adolescents of different ethnic groups in Malaysia

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