Negative Life Events and Coping Style among the Young Adults in a Highly Collective Community of Borneo

• Main Authors: Komalavani, Subramaniam, Mai Sumiyati, Ishak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Cognitive Sciences & Human Development, UNIMAS 2016
• Subjects: BF Psychology; H Social Sciences (General); HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; HT Communities. Classes. Races
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12472/1/Negative%20Life.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12472/; http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD

This qualitative study explored the differences in the interpretation of “negative life events” and the coping style among male and female young adults aged 21-25 in a highly collective community of Borneo. In-depth interviews were deployed, and pattern saturated at 5 males and 5 females. Thematic a...