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Lazim, M. Abdullah; Abu Osman, M. Tap – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The Malaysian Quality of Life Index (MQLI) released by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), has led authors to search for alternative method of expressing this index. One of the limitations in MQLI computations is the failure to recognise unequal weights for each accounted component. This paper offers a new way of expressing the quality of life index…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Indicators, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods
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Thien, Lei Mee; Razak, Nordin Abd – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This study aims to examine an untested research model that explains the direct- and indirect influences of Academic Coping, Friendship Quality, and Student Engagement on Student Quality of School Life. This study employed the quantitative-based cross-sectional survey method. The sample consisted of 2400 Malaysian secondary Form Four students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Social Indicators, Student Surveys
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Swami, Viren; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is one of the most widely used scales for the measurement of subjective well-being across the globe, but no satisfactory version exists for use among Malay-speaking populations. The present study reports on the translation of a new Malay SWLS and examines its psychometric properties in a community sample of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Life Satisfaction, Ethnic Groups, Quality of Life