Globalisation: The Experience of Malay Adolescents with Conduct Problems
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2012
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School of Psychology, Massey University
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Abstract
This paper attempts to explore the experiences
of Malay ado-lescents with conduct problems
within the Malaysian context of globalisation. It
is undeniable that to some extent globalisation
offers opportunities for a country to progress to be
a greater and more competitive nation. In fact, the
Malaysian government is highly inspired by the
concept of globalisation in progressing towards
the vision of becoming a developed nation by the
year 2020. Nevertheless, globalisation as a process
is very demanding requiring a lot of changes
in the Malaysian political, cultural, economic,
educational and social landscape. In addition,
many of the changes require inculcating foreign
cultural values that tend to be inconsistent with
local practices. Without adequate preparation,
such inconsistency potentially affects the locally
defined well-being among vulnerable groups,
especially adolescents. There is consistent
evidence that shows a significant relationship
between changes with respect to globalisation and
conduct problems among adolescents. However,
how far the affected adolescents understand and
adapt with the globalisation process, particularly in
the Malaysian context remains elusive. Therefore,
it is essential to explore their understandings and
experiences on different aspects of globalisation
that significantly affect their lives.
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Keywords
Globalisation, Conduct problems, Experience, Adolescents