Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia

Perceived stress is an important indicator of mental and physical health amo ng elderly. Chronic activation from stress perceived by elderly may negatively affect their mental and physical health over time, which subsequently cause increase in the number of elderly seeking medic...

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Main Author:	Abdul Dzahir, Azzida Anom
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Social networks Stress (Psychology) Stress management
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85013/1/IPPM%202019%201%20-%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.850132021-05-18T03:08:14Z Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia 2018-12 Abdul Dzahir, Azzida Anom Perceived stress is an important indicator of mental and physical health amo ng elderly. Chronic activation from stress perceived by elderly may negatively affect their mental and physical health over time, which subsequently cause increase in the number of elderly seeking medical treatments. Social network, social support and relig iosity may influence elderly’s perceived stress, however there is a dearth of research on perceived stressed among older Malaysians. Thus, this study aims to determine the predictors of perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 2322 older respondents participated in this study. Instruments used in this study included Perceived Stress Scale-4, Lubben Social Network-6, Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey, and Religiosity Intrinsic-Extrinsic Scale. Data analyzes were carried out using SPSS, 22. Mean age of the respondents was 69.1 years and 52% were female. The ethnics distribution was 62.5% Malay, 32.2% Chinese, 5.1% Indians and 0.2% other ethnicity. The mean social network of respondents was 22.3 (SD = 16.81), social support 39.7 (SD = 14.78) and religiosity 57.6 (SD = 8.57). The prevalence of high stress was 8.6%, moderate stress was 59.8% and low stress was 31.6%. A multiple linear regression analysis was utilized to determine the predictors of stress. The results showed that gender (β = 0.115, p< 0.01) and social support (β = - 0.095, p<0.05) were significant predictors of perceived stress among elderly. The results indicated that being women and had lower social support were more likely to develop perceived stress in late life. Therefore, older adults should have better social support and being encouraged to participate in social and activities to prevent from stress. Social networks Stress (Psychology) Stress management 2018-12 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85013/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85013/1/IPPM%202019%201%20-%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Social networks Stress (Psychology) Stress management Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection	PSAS Institutional Repository
language	English
advisor	Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan
topic	Social networks Stress (Psychology) Stress management
spellingShingle	Social networks Stress (Psychology) Stress management Abdul Dzahir, Azzida Anom Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia
description	Perceived stress is an important indicator of mental and physical health amo ng elderly. Chronic activation from stress perceived by elderly may negatively affect their mental and physical health over time, which subsequently cause increase in the number of elderly seeking medical treatments. Social network, social support and relig iosity may influence elderly’s perceived stress, however there is a dearth of research on perceived stressed among older Malaysians. Thus, this study aims to determine the predictors of perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 2322 older respondents participated in this study. Instruments used in this study included Perceived Stress Scale-4, Lubben Social Network-6, Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey, and Religiosity Intrinsic-Extrinsic Scale. Data analyzes were carried out using SPSS, 22. Mean age of the respondents was 69.1 years and 52% were female. The ethnics distribution was 62.5% Malay, 32.2% Chinese, 5.1% Indians and 0.2% other ethnicity. The mean social network of respondents was 22.3 (SD = 16.81), social support 39.7 (SD = 14.78) and religiosity 57.6 (SD = 8.57). The prevalence of high stress was 8.6%, moderate stress was 59.8% and low stress was 31.6%. A multiple linear regression analysis was utilized to determine the predictors of stress. The results showed that gender (β = 0.115, p< 0.01) and social support (β = - 0.095, p<0.05) were significant predictors of perceived stress among elderly. The results indicated that being women and had lower social support were more likely to develop perceived stress in late life. Therefore, older adults should have better social support and being encouraged to participate in social and activities to prevent from stress.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Abdul Dzahir, Azzida Anom
author_facet	Abdul Dzahir, Azzida Anom
author_sort	Abdul Dzahir, Azzida Anom
title	Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort	relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in peninsular malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85013/1/IPPM%202019%201%20-%20IR.pdf
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Relationship of social network, social support, religiosity and perceived stress among older adults in Peninsular Malaysia

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