Self-esteem and Life Satisfaction Among Lecturers of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

GROUP MEMBER 1)Murni Binti SoedA )Teoh Mei SingA )Low Tze HianA )Chan Kin Luoi A )Tan Li YangA )Nur Amalia Binti Abd. HamidA )Ung Yi ZhenA )Heng Hui LiA )Zakiyyah Munirah Binti Mohd ZakiA )Yip CharmagneA )Syamimi Nabilah Binti Muhammad Saidi A )Mohd Syamil Bin Abdul RazakA123077

NNNB 3083 APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS GROUP 1 Under Supervision Of: Prof. Baharudin Bin Omar

INTRODUCTION Self-esteem is how we think and feel about ourselves. (Jillian Powell, 2005) Satisfaction with life is an internally process providing imposed cognitive judgmental a cumulative score of one’s subjective satisfaction with one’s life (Diener, Emmons, Larson, & Griffin, 1985)

The study found that there is a significantly positive relationship between life satisfaction and self-esteem. (Arslan et al. 2010) This suggests that as the self-esteem of adolescents increase, life satisfaction also increases. (Arslan et al. 2010) High life satisfaction is interrelated with high level of individualism, self esteem and mastery. (Yetim 2002) Past research in the west has shown that self- esteem is a strong predictor of life satisfaction. (Campbell 1981)

JUSTIFICATION OF STUDY An exploratory study to determine the level of self-esteem and life satisfaction among UKM lecturers. Self-esteem and life satisfaction of lecturers are important in affecting the effectiveness of teaching and learning process during their lectures.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS Is there any relationship between self-esteem and life satisfaction among UKM lecturers?

HYPOTHESIS There is a positive correlation between self-esteem and life satisfaction among UKM lecturers.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE To evaluate self-esteem and life satisfaction among UKM lecturers of session 2010/2011.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES To determine self-esteem and life satisfaction of UKM lecturers. To compare self-esteem and life satisfaction by gender and working experience among UKM lecturers. To determine the correlation between self-esteem and life satisfaction among UkM lecturers.

METHODOLOGY Research Setting  Kuala Lumpur Campus of National University of Malaysia.  From January to March 2011 Research Design Cross Sectional Study Sampling Method Universal sampling

Target Population UKM lecturers, session 2010/2011. Sample Population Lecturers of Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, UKM KKL session 2010/2011. Inclusion criteria Lecturers of FSKB session 2010/2011. Exclusion criteria Lecturers on study leave/sabbatical leave. Lecturer who is a member of group 1 and participate in the research.

MATERIAL Questionnaire  Self-esteem Scale - Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) Realibility – Cronbach Alpha:  Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) Realibility – Cronbach Alpha: 0.813

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS To determine self-esteem score and life satisfaction score  Descriptive Analysis To compare the difference of self esteem and life satisfaction by gender and working experience  Independent T-test / Mann Whitney Test To determine the correlation between self-esteem and life satisfaction  Spearman Correlation

Demographic DataCategoryFrequency (%) GenderMale Female 18(40%) 27(60%) Working Experience1-10 years > 10 years 21(46.7%) 24(53.3%) Income< RM2500 RM2500-RM5000 > RM5000 1(2.2%) 12(26.7%) 32(71.1%) Marital StatusSingle Married 13(28.9%) 32(71.1%) ReligionReligious Non-religious 43(95.6%) 2(4.4%) Health StatusWith chronic disease Without chronic disease 11 (24.4%) 34(75.6%)

Key: 0-14: Low 15-25: Medium 26-30: High Key: 0-14: Low 15-25: Medium 26-30: High

Key: 0 – 14: Strongly Dissatisfied 15 – 19: Dissatisfied 20: Neutral 21 – 25: Satisfied 26 – 35: Strongly Satisfied Key: 0 – 14: Strongly Dissatisfied 15 – 19: Dissatisfied 20: Neutral 21 – 25: Satisfied 26 – 35: Strongly Satisfied

CI 95% for male = (19.57,23.87) CI 95% for female = (22.07,25.33)

CI 95% for 1-10 years = (21.11,24.79) CI 95% for > 10 years = (20.96,24.78)

CI 95% for male = (21.51,26.37) CI 95% for female = (24.15,27.99)

CONCLUSION Most lecturers have moderate to high self-esteem levels. 51.1% lecturers are strongly satisfied with their life. No significant difference of self-esteem in terms of gender and working experience among UKM lecturers. No significant difference of life satisfaction in terms of gender and working experience among UKM lecturers. There is a positive correlation between self- esteem and life satisfaction.

SUGGESTION Compare among lecturers from different faculty (e.g.: between lecturers from Art stream and lecturers from Science stream) The title can be more specific on job satisfaction

LIMITATIONS Time limitation Sample size Cooperation from lecturers

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to thanks Prof. Baharuddin Omar for his guidance in this study, and those lecturers who are willing to cooperate to become our respondents in this study of life satisfaction and self esteem.

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