Cheng, Chiau Chui
(2020)
An Investigation On Character
Strengths Of Adolescents In Penang
And Kedah.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Character strengths have been found to be significantly associated with
adolescents’ well-being and flourishing. Meanwhile, parent-child relationship and
teacher-student relationship plays an important role in building character strengths of
adolescents. The present study examined character strengths and flourishing among
adolescents in Penang and Kedah. It also investigated parent-child relationship and
teacher-student relationship and how character strengths contribute to flourishing of
the adolescents in Penang and Kedah. Participants in the current study included a
total of 217 secondary school’s students from three schools located in Northern states
of Malaysia. Mixed methods were applied, with a quantitative and a qualitative
study. Using survey, Study 1 focused on the character strengths, parent-child
relationship, teacher-student relationship and flourishing in a sample of 117 students.
Results revealed that kindness was ranked as the top character strength, and
leadership was ranked as lowest strength among the adolescent. The parent-child
relationship reported by adolescence was high in control and low in care while
teacher-students relationship reported by the sample in this study was high in quality.
Numerous character strengths were positively correlated with parental care, parental
control and relationship with teachers. Perseverance and judgement agency were
significant predictors of flourishing. Study 2 used a series of open-ended questions to
examine character strengths, parent-child relationship, teacher-student relationship
and flourishing among 100 participants.
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