Exploring Prejudicial Ethnic Attitudes Among Young Malaysian Adults: A Case Study Of Malay And Chinese Students In A Public University

This study attempts to model and explain ethnic attitudes among undergraduates in a public university in Malaysia (n=1551) using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Malaysia’s socio-historical background of ethnic relations and theories that explain individual...

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Main Author:	Ng, Sen Fa
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/46300/1/Ng%20Sen%20Fa24.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.463002020-02-21T02:07:21Z Exploring Prejudicial Ethnic Attitudes Among Young Malaysian Adults: A Case Study Of Malay And Chinese Students In A Public University 2014-02 Ng, Sen Fa H1-99 Social sciences (General) This study attempts to model and explain ethnic attitudes among undergraduates in a public university in Malaysia (n=1551) using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Malaysia’s socio-historical background of ethnic relations and theories that explain individual’s ethnic attitudes are introduced. The research provides theoretical significance by suggesting new executable variables, introducing multivariate framework situated in the Malaysia context. Various variables and their operationalization such as upbringing backgrounds, psycho-social indicators and their interplay in relation to ethnic attitudes were proposed. The proposed models suggest that Malaysian young adults’ prejudiced attitudes are mainly driven by these factors: 1) in-group cohesion to defend one’s self-interest, 2) frustration from perceived deprivation and, 3) value-culture conflicts. Multi-group analysis supported unconstrained model paths coefficients for Malays and Chinese students, indicates that each group’s ethnic attitudes are qualitatively different. Group size is related to willingness to befriend others of different ethnicity, Chinese and Malay respondents reported significant resistance to multi-ethnic friendships. Conversely, minority groups also reported significant egalitarian values. The insights engendered provide important complementary understanding to other structural factors underlying ethnic relations in Malaysia. (181 words). 2014-02 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/46300/ http://eprints.usm.my/46300/1/Ng%20Sen%20Fa24.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kemasyarakatan
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description	This study attempts to model and explain ethnic attitudes among undergraduates in a public university in Malaysia (n=1551) using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Malaysia’s socio-historical background of ethnic relations and theories that explain individual’s ethnic attitudes are introduced. The research provides theoretical significance by suggesting new executable variables, introducing multivariate framework situated in the Malaysia context. Various variables and their operationalization such as upbringing backgrounds, psycho-social indicators and their interplay in relation to ethnic attitudes were proposed. The proposed models suggest that Malaysian young adults’ prejudiced attitudes are mainly driven by these factors: 1) in-group cohesion to defend one’s self-interest, 2) frustration from perceived deprivation and, 3) value-culture conflicts. Multi-group analysis supported unconstrained model paths coefficients for Malays and Chinese students, indicates that each group’s ethnic attitudes are qualitatively different. Group size is related to willingness to befriend others of different ethnicity, Chinese and Malay respondents reported significant resistance to multi-ethnic friendships. Conversely, minority groups also reported significant egalitarian values. The insights engendered provide important complementary understanding to other structural factors underlying ethnic relations in Malaysia. (181 words).
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ng, Sen Fa
author_facet	Ng, Sen Fa
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title	Exploring Prejudicial Ethnic Attitudes Among Young Malaysian Adults: A Case Study Of Malay And Chinese Students In A Public University
title_short	Exploring Prejudicial Ethnic Attitudes Among Young Malaysian Adults: A Case Study Of Malay And Chinese Students In A Public University
title_full	Exploring Prejudicial Ethnic Attitudes Among Young Malaysian Adults: A Case Study Of Malay And Chinese Students In A Public University
title_fullStr	Exploring Prejudicial Ethnic Attitudes Among Young Malaysian Adults: A Case Study Of Malay And Chinese Students In A Public University
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring Prejudicial Ethnic Attitudes Among Young Malaysian Adults: A Case Study Of Malay And Chinese Students In A Public University
title_sort	exploring prejudicial ethnic attitudes among young malaysian adults: a case study of malay and chinese students in a public university
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Exploring Prejudicial Ethnic Attitudes Among Young Malaysian Adults: A Case Study Of Malay And Chinese Students In A Public University

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