Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia
Across the world including Malaysia, the rate of mental health issues has become increasingly concerning especially among young adults. However, much is still unknown about the psychological flourishing of postgraduate students despite the steady increase in student enrolments into postgraduate prog...
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| description | Across the world including Malaysia, the rate of mental health issues has become increasingly concerning especially among young adults. However, much is still unknown about the psychological flourishing of postgraduate students despite the steady increase in student enrolments into postgraduate programmes as Malaysia anticipates the emergence of a skilled talent pool to advance the nation’s economic growth. Thus, this quantitative study explored the psychological flourishing of Malaysian postgraduate students in Klang Valley by examining whether there are significant differences based on their sociodemographic characteristics. A total of 240 postgraduate students participated in this study and completed a set of questionnaires online that measured their psychological flourishing and demographic characteristics. The results showed that there were significant differences in the psychological flourishing of postgraduate students based on their age group and field of study. However, this study did not find any significant differences in postgraduate students’ level of psychological flourishing based on their gender, ethnicity, level of postgraduate programme, the structure of programme, mode of programme, and year of programme. The findings of this study had several practical implications for postgraduate students, faculty members, and on-campus counsellors. Finally, the limitations of this study and recommendations for future studies are also addressed. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:193862022-08-17T03:48:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19386/ Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia Ch’ng, Brendan Mariani Md Nor, Loh, Sau Cheong Across the world including Malaysia, the rate of mental health issues has become increasingly concerning especially among young adults. However, much is still unknown about the psychological flourishing of postgraduate students despite the steady increase in student enrolments into postgraduate programmes as Malaysia anticipates the emergence of a skilled talent pool to advance the nation’s economic growth. Thus, this quantitative study explored the psychological flourishing of Malaysian postgraduate students in Klang Valley by examining whether there are significant differences based on their sociodemographic characteristics. A total of 240 postgraduate students participated in this study and completed a set of questionnaires online that measured their psychological flourishing and demographic characteristics. The results showed that there were significant differences in the psychological flourishing of postgraduate students based on their age group and field of study. However, this study did not find any significant differences in postgraduate students’ level of psychological flourishing based on their gender, ethnicity, level of postgraduate programme, the structure of programme, mode of programme, and year of programme. The findings of this study had several practical implications for postgraduate students, faculty members, and on-campus counsellors. Finally, the limitations of this study and recommendations for future studies are also addressed. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19386/1/685-2654-1-PB.pdf Ch’ng, Brendan and Mariani Md Nor, and Loh, Sau Cheong (2022) Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 36 (1). pp. 163-179. ISSN 2289-8174 https://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/45 |
| spellingShingle | Ch’ng, Brendan Mariani Md Nor, Loh, Sau Cheong Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title | Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title_full | Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title_short | Psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| title_sort | psychological flourishing of postgraduate students in klang valley, malaysia |
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