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Modelling the Secondary Students’ Eating Behaviour in Terengganu by Using
Structural Equation Modelling(SEM)
Alif Azizi Bin Parlan
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sabri bin Ahmad
Bachelor of Science (Computational Mathematics)
School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
A study is made to find out whether environment, emotion and school’s approach will
affect the awarness of students’ eating behaviour. The objectives of the study is to find
out the factors that affect awarness of students, behaviour and to build up SEM that
involve factors that affect the awareness of students. The study involved 201 Sekolah
Menengah Sheikh Abdul Malik students by using questionnaire forms. From the pilot
Cronbach’s Alpha is about 0.911. The secondary students’ eating behaviour modelling is
developed by Structural Equation Modelling method. RMSEA value obtained is 0.079
which is smaller than 0.080. Chi-Square/df is 2.236 which is smaller than 5.00. The results
obtained which are the measurement model is significant and corresponds to the study
data. The findings of the study show that there are three factors that affect the eating
behaviour of secondary school students which are the environment, emotion and the
school’s approach.
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