The relationship between coping, social support and depressive symptoms among unmarried pregnant young Malay women /

In recent years, there has been an increasing trend of social ills among youths in Malaysia, which includes unmarried pregnant young women and abandoned babies. Even though there is a need to identify the causes of this trend and implement steps to curb these social ills, there is a lack of publishe...

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Main Author: Darlina Hani binti Fadil Azim
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Gombak, Selangor: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2011
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Online Access:Click here to view 1st 24 pages of the thesis. Members can view fulltext at the specified PCs in the library.
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245 1 4 |a The relationship between coping, social support and depressive symptoms among unmarried pregnant young Malay women /  |c by Darlina Hani Binti Fadil Azim 
260 |a Gombak, Selangor:   |b Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,   |c 2011 
300 |a xii, 79 leaves :  |b ill. ;  |c 30cm. 
500 |a Abstracts in English and Arabic. 
500 |a "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Human Sciences (Psychology)."--On t.p. 
502 |a Thesis (MHSPSY)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2011. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-66). 
520 |a In recent years, there has been an increasing trend of social ills among youths in Malaysia, which includes unmarried pregnant young women and abandoned babies. Even though there is a need to identify the causes of this trend and implement steps to curb these social ills, there is a lack of published reports on unmarried pregnant young women in Malaysia. Hence, in an effort to contribute to this under-researched area in Malaysia, this study examined the relationship between coping and the level of depressive symptoms among 130 unmarried pregnant young Malay women, aged 15 to 24 years old (M = 19.2 years, SD = 2.2 years) from seven welfare homes in the Klang Valley. The moderating effect of social support on this relationship was also examined. Tools used were the revised Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS-R), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Social Support Network Questionnaire (SSNQ). The results showed that emotion-focused coping was significantly and positively correlated with level of depressive symptoms. There was no significant relationship between problem-focused coping and level of depressive symptoms. However, there was a significant interaction effect between problem-focused coping and social support in the prediction of depressive symptoms. For participants with lower social support, the more problem-focused coping used was related to lower level of depressive symptoms whereas, for participants with higher social support, the use of more problem-focused coping was related to higher level of depressive symptoms. These results are discussed with respect to the literature on coping, social support and depressive symptoms. Implications and limitations of these findings are also highlighted. 
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