Social support and psychological well-being among delinquents in rehabilitation centers in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mansor, Mariani, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Zainal Abidin, Filzah Nashua
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59296/1/Social_Support_and_Psychological_Well-being_among_Delinquents_in_Rehabilitation_Centers_in_Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59296/; http://hrmars.com/index.php/journals/archive_detail/IJARBSS/185

This paper demonstrate the relationship between social support and psychological well-being of 240 delinquents in six rehabilitation centers in Klang Valley and Melaka. 113 males and 127 females delinquents aged between 10-18 years old were involved in this study. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988) and Affect Balance Scale (Bradburn, 1969) were used to assess respondents social support and psychological well- being. Findings showed that majority of the respondents exhibit high level of perceive social support and moderate level of psychological well-being. Further analysis showed that social support were found to have a significant correlation with psychological well-being.