“Am I matter for others?” A study on mattering among students in a public university

University mattering is a type of societal mattering where students feel they matter when the people in a university knows about them, when the people reacts to their requirements, and when students can make a positive contribution to others. According to Rosenberg and McCullough (1981), matte...

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Main Authors: Yeo, Francis Wee Cheat, Lau, Poh Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16530/
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description University mattering is a type of societal mattering where students feel they matter when the people in a university knows about them, when the people reacts to their requirements, and when students can make a positive contribution to others. According to Rosenberg and McCullough (1981), mattering consists of four distinct elements which include awareness, importance, reliance, and ego-extension. Mattering had not much local study and it’s not very popular across the local research. Thus, the researcher decided to conduct this study to access university mattering. This study is designed to investigate the level of mattering among public university students. By using the Revised University Mattering Scale (RUMS) to measure the mattering level of 214 respondent. Descriptive analysis and inferential analysis are utilized in the process of analysis of the data. The result shows the overall level of mattering among university students are above average. In addition, the level of mattering among females are slightly higher than males, and the undergraduates’ mattering level is higher than the postgraduates. These findings are consistent with the results of the previous study.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:165302021-04-30T01:02:51Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16530/ “Am I matter for others?” A study on mattering among students in a public university Yeo, Francis Wee Cheat Lau, Poh Li University mattering is a type of societal mattering where students feel they matter when the people in a university knows about them, when the people reacts to their requirements, and when students can make a positive contribution to others. According to Rosenberg and McCullough (1981), mattering consists of four distinct elements which include awareness, importance, reliance, and ego-extension. Mattering had not much local study and it’s not very popular across the local research. Thus, the researcher decided to conduct this study to access university mattering. This study is designed to investigate the level of mattering among public university students. By using the Revised University Mattering Scale (RUMS) to measure the mattering level of 214 respondent. Descriptive analysis and inferential analysis are utilized in the process of analysis of the data. The result shows the overall level of mattering among university students are above average. In addition, the level of mattering among females are slightly higher than males, and the undergraduates’ mattering level is higher than the postgraduates. These findings are consistent with the results of the previous study. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16530/1/514-2183-1-PB.pdf Yeo, Francis Wee Cheat and Lau, Poh Li (2020) “Am I matter for others?” A study on mattering among students in a public university. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 34 (3). pp. 176-185. ISSN 2289-8174 http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/40
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title “Am I matter for others?” A study on mattering among students in a public university
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title_fullStr “Am I matter for others?” A study on mattering among students in a public university
title_full_unstemmed “Am I matter for others?” A study on mattering among students in a public university
title_short “Am I matter for others?” A study on mattering among students in a public university
title_sort “am i matter for others?” a study on mattering among students in a public university
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