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The Well-being of the Children of Coastal Community using
Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
Nor Asikin Binti Mohamad Shaifuldin
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sabri Bin Ahmad
Bachelor of Science (Computational Mathematics)
School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
In East and West states such as Terengganu and Selangor, the coastal community
inhabits a special place in their history. The objective of this study is to model the wellbeing
of coastal communities which are the psychological and spiritual well-being also life
satisfaction as well as to see the relevance between motivation, self-esteem and social
support. The questionnaire was distributed to 175 students comprise the East Coast and
West Coast selected secondary school. This study uses the Structural Equation Modeling
(SEM) method. The result shows that social support affect the well-being of the children
of the coastal community, namely psychological well-being, spiritual well-being and
satisfaction. While two other factors which is self-motivation and self-esteem do not
directly affect the well-being of the coastal community. Generally, self-motivation, selfesteem
and social support are important to the well-being of the community.
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