Hubung Kait Antara Penglibatan Remaja di Pusat Aktiviti Remaja dengan Kemakmuran
Main Article Content
Abstract
Adolescence is an important transitional phase in a life, but limited studies have focused on the positive experiences of adolescence, like flourishing in Malaysia. This study examines how adolescent involvement in an after-school youth activity centre can contribute to flourishing. Focusing on Kafe@TEEN in Penang, this study looks how the link between adolescents’ involvement in creative activities and social connectedness can contribute to flourishing. A total of 132 adolescents who are members of the Kafe@TEEN youth activity centre in Penang, aged 13 to 18 years old, took part in this study. They were selected based on purposive sampling. A questionnaire consisting of five sections, namely demographic information, involvement in Kafe@TEEN, involvement in creative activities, social connectedness and flourishing, was distributed to the participants. The findings of this study indicate that there is a significant relationship between adolescent involvement in Kafe@TEEN and social connectedness and flourishing. However, there is no significant relationship between creative activities and flourishing. The findings of the study show the importance of involvement in the youth activity centre outside of school hours, such as the Kafe@TEEN youth activity centre, to flourishing. The study also highlights the clearer and more specific role of involvement in leisure activities outside of school hours in contributing to flourishing. Adolescents should be encouraged to be more involved in leisure activities outside school hours, especially at youth activity centres such as Kafe@TEEN, in order to increase their flourishing. Parents' encouragement and government initiatives to increase the number of such youth activity centres are also required. More research needs to be conducted to look at how other factors, such as social entrepreneurship, can contribute to the flourishing of adolescents, especially in the context of activities outside of school hours.
Zaman remaja merupakan fasa peralihan yang penting dalam perkembangan kehidupan tetapi belum banyak kajian yang melibatkan pengalaman positif mereka seperti kemakmuran individu dijalankan di Malaysia. Kajian ini meneliti tentang penglibatan remaja di pusat aktiviti remaja di luar waktu persekolahan, yang boleh menyumbang kepada kemakmuran mereka. Berfokuskan kepada Kafe@TEEN di Pulau Pinang, kajian ini melihat hubung kait antara penglibatan remaja dalam aktiviti-aktiviti kreatif dan keterikatan sosial yang boleh menyumbang kepada kemakmuran individu. Seramai 132 orang remaja berumur antara 13 hingga 18 tahun yang merupakan ahli pusat aktiviti remaja Kafe@TEEN, Pulau Pinang telah terlibat dalam kajian ini. Mereka dipilih berdasarkan kaedah pensampelan bertujuan. Soal selidik yang terdiri daripada lima bahagian iaitu maklumat demografi, penglibatan di Kafe@TEEN, penglibatan dalam aktiviti-aktiviti kreatif, keterikatan sosial dan kemakmuran individu telah diedarkan kepada peserta kajian. Dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara penglibatan remaja di Kafe@TEEN dan keterikatan sosial dengan kemakmuran individu. Walau bagaimanapun, tiada hubungan yang signifikan antara aktiviti-aktiviti kreatif dan kemakmuran. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan kepentingan penglibatan dalam aktiviti di pusat aktiviti remaja di luar waktu persekolahan seperti pusat aktiviti remaja Kafe@TEEN terhadap kemakmuran individu. Kajian ini juga menonjolkan peranan penglibatan aktiviti masa senggang di luar waktu persekolahan yang lebih jelas dan spesifik yang menyumbang kepada kemakmuran individu. Golongan remaja haruslah digalakkan untuk lebih terlibat dalam aktiviti masa senggang di luar waktu persekolahan khususnya di pusat aktiviti remaja seperti Kafe@TEEN bagi meningkatkan kemakmuran. Dorongan ibu bapa dan inisiatif pihak kerajaan untuk memperbanyakkan pusat aktiviti remaja seumpama ini juga diperlukan. Lebih banyak kajian pada masa akan datang perlu dijalankan bagi melihat sumbangan faktor lain seperti keusahawanan sosial terhadap kemakmuran golongan remaja khususnya dalam konteks aktiviti di luar waktu persekolahan.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
References
Abubakar, A., F.J.R.Van de Vijver, L. Mazrui, M. Murugami and J. Arasa. 2014. Connectedness and psychological well-being among adolescents of immigrant background in Kenya. In Global perspectives on well-being in immigrant families, eds. R. Dimitrova, M. Bender and F.J.R. Van de Vijver, 95–114. New York: Springer.
Absha Atiah Abu Bakar and Mohd. Isa Hamzah. 2019. Faktor keterlibatan remaja dengan masalah sosial. Jurnal Hadhari 11(1): 1–17.
Azianura Hani Shaari and Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin. 2019. Buli siber: Ketidaksantunan bahasa dan etika media sosial dalam kalangan remaja Malaysia. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 16(6): 1–16.
Azizi Yahaya, Jaafar Sidek Latif, Shahrin Hashim and Y. Boon. 2006. Psikologi sosial alam remaja. Kuala Lumpur: PTS Professional Publishing Sdn Bhd.
Badura, P., A.M. Geckova, D. Sigmundova, E. Sigmund, J.P. van Djik and S.A. Reijneveld. 2018. Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents’ health? International Journal of Public Health 63(6): 743–751. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1125-3
Carsley, D. and N.L. Heath. 2018. Effectiveness of mindfulness-based colouring for test anxiety in adolescents. School Psychology International 39(3): 251–272. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034318773523
Chin, T.C. and N.S. Rickard. 2014. Beyond positive and negative trait affect: Flourishing through music engagement. Psychology of Well-Being 4(1): 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13612-014-0025-4
Conner, T.S., C.G. DeYoung and P.J. Silvia. 2018. Everyday creative activity as a path to flourishing. The Journal of Positive Psychology 13(2): 181–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1257049
Diener, E., D. Wirtz, R. Biswas-Dieber, W. Tov, C. Kim-Prieto, D.-w. Choi and S. Oishi. 2009. New measures of well-being. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
Eraslan-Capan, B. 2016. Social connectedness and flourishing: The mediating role of hopelessness. Universal Journal of Educational Research 4(5): 933–940. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2016.040501
Huppert, F.A. and T.T.C. So. 2009. What percentage of people in Europe are flourishing and what characterises them? Paper presented at the OECD/ISQOLS meeting “Measuring subjective well-being: An opportunity for NSOs?”, Florence, Italy.
Institut Penyelidikan Pembangunan Belia Malaysia. 2015. Indeks Belia Malaysia 2015 (IBM’15): Mengukur kesejahteraan hidup belia Malaysia. Putrajaya: Kementerian Belia dan Sukan Malaysia
Jose, P.E., N. Ryan and J. Pryor. 2012. Does social connectedness promote a greater sense of well-being over time? Journal of Research on Adolescence 22(2): 235–251. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00783.x
Kern, M.L., L. Benson, E.A. Steinberg and L. Steinberg. 2016. The EPOCH measure of adolescent well-being. Psychological Assessment 28(5): 586–597. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000201
Keyes, C.L.M. 2002. The mental health continuum: From languishing to flourishing in life. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 43(2): 207–222. https://doi.org/10.2307/3090197
Lee, R.M. and S.B. Robbins. 1995. Measuring belongingness: The social connectedness and the social assurance scales. Journal of Counseling Psychology 42: 232–241. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.42.2.232
LPPKN (Lembaga Penduduk dan Pembangunan Keluarga Negara). 2014. Pusat remaja Kafe@TEEN. http://www.lppkn.gov.my/index.php/perkhidmatan-kesihatanreproduktif/103-kafe-teen-1 (accessed 12 June 2019).
Muhammad Naqib Zakwan Ahmad Shokhaily and Anuar Ahmad. 2019. Kesejahteraan sosial individu melalui penglibatan aktiviti masa senggang pelajar. https://www.academia.edu/31908973/KESEJAHTERAAN_SOSIAL_INDIVIDU_MELALUI_PENGLIBATAN_AKTIVITI_MASA_SENGGANG_PELAJAR (accessed 12 June 2019).
Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Diana Johan, Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun, Norhayati Ibrahim and Hilwa Abdullah@Mohd. Nor. 2018. Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia 32(4): 150–158.
Nor Fazilah Noor Din and Hishamudin Isam. 2019. Penyerlahan identiti remaja kesan ketagihan skrin di media sosial. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia 33(1): 70–88.
Nur Najwa Solehah Hasan Ashaari. 2019. Masalah pergaulan bebas dalam kalangan remaja sekolah. International Journal of Humanities, Management and Social Science 2: 38–50. https://doi.org/10.36079/lamintang.ij-humass-0201.21
Sarriera, J.C., F. Casas, L. Bedin, A.C. Paradiso, D. Abs and M. Gonzalez. 2013. Aspects of leisure on adolescent’s well-being in two countries. Child Indicators Research 7: 245–265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-013-9220-8
Seligman, M. 2011. Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Shin, K. and S. You. 2013. Leisure type, leisure satisfaction and adolescents’ psychological wellbeing. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology 7(2): 53–62. https://doi.org/10.1017/prp.2013.6
Siti Noorasmah Hamzah. 2016. Keberkesanan terapi seni lukisan terhadap remaja mangsa penderaan seksual. Master’s diss., Universiti Malaysia Terengganu.
Trainor, S., P. Delfabbro, S. Anderson and A.H. Winefield. 2009. Leisure activities and adolescent psychological well-being. Journal of Adolescence 33(1): 173–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.03.013
Utter, J., D. Simon, M. Lucassen and B. Dyson. 2015. Adolescent cooking abilities and behaviors: Associations with nutrition and emotional well-being. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 48(1): 35–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2015.08.016
White, R.L., P.D. Parker, D.R. Lubans, F. MacMillan, R. Olson, T. Astell-Burt and C. Lonsdale. 2018. Domain-specific physical activity and affective wellbeing among adolescents: An observational study of the moderating roles of autonomous and controlled motivation. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 15(1): 87. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-018-0722-0
Witten, H., S. Savahl and S. Adams. 2019. Adolescent flourishing: A systematic review. Cogent Psychology 6(1): 1640341. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2019.1640341
Zahanim Ahmad, Abdul Razaq Ahmad and Mohd Mahzan Awang. 2019. Kajian kolerasi kesejahteraan emosi pelajar cemerlang: Signifikasi positif aktiviti senggang. Jurnal Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah 6(1): 130–143.