The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia

The cases of pornography addiction were increasing dramatically in Malaysia. Due to the conservative attitude of religion institution towards pornography usage, people with high religiosity may experience guiltiness when engaging in pornography viewing. It is also believed that academic achievement...

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Main Authors: Chan, Wei Hung, Lee, Jane, Lim, Zhen Chin
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5278/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5278/1/fyp_PY_2022_CWH.pdf
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Lee, Jane
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description The cases of pornography addiction were increasing dramatically in Malaysia. Due to the conservative attitude of religion institution towards pornography usage, people with high religiosity may experience guiltiness when engaging in pornography viewing. It is also believed that academic achievement was positively predicted pornography addictiveness. Hence, this study is aimed to investigate the mediating effect of academic achievement between religiosity and pornography addictiveness. A quantitative research method and purposive sampling techniques were applied to recruit 120 undergraduate students from private and public universities of Malaysia. The questionnaire distributed consisted of three sections, which are demographic information (include CGPA), Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) and Cyber Pornography Use Inventory-9 (CPUI-9). The single linear regression showed that religiosity can positively predict academic achievement. However, the result obtained from multi linear regression indicated there is no significant relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness. The relationship between academic achievement and pornography addictiveness was also not significant. The mediation analysis indicated academic achievement did not play a mediating role between religiosity and pornography addictiveness. The latest statistics obtained from this research able to fill in knowledge gap in mental health field. This research also contributes to the implementation of prevention program to create awareness towards pornography addiction issues and enhances psychological well-being.
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spelling utar-52782023-05-18T08:37:45Z The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia Chan, Wei Hung Lee, Jane Lim, Zhen Chin BF Psychology H Social Sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform The cases of pornography addiction were increasing dramatically in Malaysia. Due to the conservative attitude of religion institution towards pornography usage, people with high religiosity may experience guiltiness when engaging in pornography viewing. It is also believed that academic achievement was positively predicted pornography addictiveness. Hence, this study is aimed to investigate the mediating effect of academic achievement between religiosity and pornography addictiveness. A quantitative research method and purposive sampling techniques were applied to recruit 120 undergraduate students from private and public universities of Malaysia. The questionnaire distributed consisted of three sections, which are demographic information (include CGPA), Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) and Cyber Pornography Use Inventory-9 (CPUI-9). The single linear regression showed that religiosity can positively predict academic achievement. However, the result obtained from multi linear regression indicated there is no significant relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness. The relationship between academic achievement and pornography addictiveness was also not significant. The mediation analysis indicated academic achievement did not play a mediating role between religiosity and pornography addictiveness. The latest statistics obtained from this research able to fill in knowledge gap in mental health field. This research also contributes to the implementation of prevention program to create awareness towards pornography addiction issues and enhances psychological well-being. 2022-01 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5278/1/fyp_PY_2022_CWH.pdf Chan, Wei Hung and Lee, Jane and Lim, Zhen Chin (2022) The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5278/
spellingShingle BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Chan, Wei Hung
Lee, Jane
Lim, Zhen Chin
The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia
title The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_full The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_fullStr The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_short The mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_sort mediation role of academic achievement in the relationship between religiosity and pornography addictiveness among undergraduate students in malaysia
topic BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5278/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/5278/1/fyp_PY_2022_CWH.pdf