Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This study examines the relationship between loneliness, life events and depression among 178 adults in the disadvantage community of Malaysia and to determine predictors of depression. A set of stand-ardized questionnaires was used to measure depression, loneliness and stressful life events. The re...

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Main Authors:	Siti Nor Radhiah Muhammad Yamin, Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10103/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10103/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10103/1/211-894-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-101032017-02-07T10:06:06Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10103/ Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Siti Nor Radhiah Muhammad Yamin, Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, This study examines the relationship between loneliness, life events and depression among 178 adults in the disadvantage community of Malaysia and to determine predictors of depression. A set of stand-ardized questionnaires was used to measure depression, loneliness and stressful life events. The results showed that loneliness and stressful life events were related to depression. Results also showed that loneliness was a predictor of depression. Implications of the study in terms of theory and practice are also discussed. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10103/1/211-894-1-PB.pdf Siti Nor Radhiah Muhammad Yamin, and Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, (2016) Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 30 (2). pp. 133-141. ISSN 2289-8174 http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/26
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description	This study examines the relationship between loneliness, life events and depression among 178 adults in the disadvantage community of Malaysia and to determine predictors of depression. A set of stand-ardized questionnaires was used to measure depression, loneliness and stressful life events. The results showed that loneliness and stressful life events were related to depression. Results also showed that loneliness was a predictor of depression. Implications of the study in terms of theory and practice are also discussed.
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author	Siti Nor Radhiah Muhammad Yamin, Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir,
spellingShingle	Siti Nor Radhiah Muhammad Yamin, Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
author_facet	Siti Nor Radhiah Muhammad Yamin, Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir,
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title	Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_short	Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full	Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_sort	depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, kuala lumpur, malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
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Depression and its relationship to loneliness and life events among urban poor in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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