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  title info:
    title: Underlying dimensions and predictors of elderly happiness
    sub title: an exploratory study of Rumah Seri Kenangan residents in West Malaysia
  name:
    name part: Azmah binti Ghaus
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Kulliyyah of Education
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    place:
      place term: Gombak, Selangor
    publisher: Kulliyah of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia
    date issued: 2016
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xv, 212 leaves : ill. ; 30cm.
  abstract: This study was conducted with manifold objectives, i.e. to explore the extent of happiness experienced by the residents of Rumah Seri Kenangan (RSK) in Peninsular Malaysia, extract the underlying factors of elderly happiness, identify statistically significant predictors of elderly happiness from among the extracted factors, examine the differences between Muslim and non-Muslim residents in regard to the extracted happiness factors, and finally, establish the psychometric properties of the elderly happiness scale used in the study. The respondents comprised 323 seniors from nine RSKs in Peninsular Malaysia and the instrument used was an elderly happiness scale with 62 items rated on a 6-point Likert-type categories. The scale was developed based on extant literature and a focus group discussion involving eight elderly residents of RSK Cheras, and content validated by five experts in the fields of Social Psychology, Research Methodology, Assessment, and Applied Statistics. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Principal Axis Factoring (PAF), independent samples t-tests, and multiple linear regression (MRA). The results indicated that a majority of the seniors reported being happy (70.9%) and satisfied (69.4%) with their life and present condition at the RSKs. More than half (54.2%) expressed no intention to leave the home. The PAF procedures extracted eight underlying factors of elderly happiness - which consisted of spiritual well-being, physical well-being, social well-being, contact with nature, quality care, choice, autonomy and empowerment, recreation and entertainment - with a variance explained of 69.3%. However, the eighth dimension, i.e. Entertainment, could not be validated as its average variance extracted (AVE) fell below 0.5. Thus, the PAF was revised with Entertainment removed from the scale. The revised PAF produced a construct valid elderly happiness scale with seven underlying factors and AVE coefficients ranging between .62 (social we…
  note: by Azmah binti Ghaus
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2016.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-194).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  classification: BF575.H27
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/4273
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 170306
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng