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Self-Assessed Intelligence: Inter-Ethnic, Rural-Urban, and Sex Differences in Malaysia
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Swami, Viren; Furnham, Adrian – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
The present study examined inter-ethnic, rural-urban, and sex differences in self-assessed intelligence (SAI) in a Malaysian general population sample. In total, 633 individuals varying in rural or urban location, ethnicity (Malay, Kadazan, and Bajau), and sex (women versus men) provided their self-assessed overall intelligence and ten multiple…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Ethnicity, Rural Urban Differences, Foreign Countries
Psychometric Evaluation of the Malay Satisfaction with Life Scale
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Swami, Viren; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is one of the most widely used scales for the measurement of subjective well-being across the globe, but no satisfactory version exists for use among Malay-speaking populations. The present study reports on the translation of a new Malay SWLS and examines its psychometric properties in a community sample of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Life Satisfaction, Ethnic Groups, Quality of Life
Translation and Validation of the Malay Subjective Happiness Scale
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Swami, Viren – Social Indicators Research, 2008
The Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky and Lepper, "Social Indicators Research," 46, 137-155, 1999) is a brief measure for assessing subjective happiness. The reliability and validity of the Malay version of the Subjective Happiness Scale was investigated in a community sample of 290 Chinese and 227 Malays in Malaysia. Results…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Social Indicators