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This paper reported the quality of life (QoL) of 260 Malaysian parents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and factors which influencing it. About half of these parents reported to having good QoL. The factors identified in the double ABCX model showed that perceived social support and sense of coherence (SOC) were mediated by coping strategies and had a positive direct and indirect effect on parents' QoL. These finding reiterate the importance of social support, coping skills, and strong SOC reflection skills in influencing the QoL of parents with ASD child. We therefore suggest parents to utilize the widely available social and organization supports to gain good QoL, which is also important for the wellbeing of their child. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: The current study attempted to assess the effect of positive emotion on postgraduate students’ psychological capital (PsyCap) as well as on their academic engagement behavior. Also, the direct relationship between PsyCap and academic engagement behavior was assessed alongside the presence of Stress as a moderating variable between PsyCap and academic engagement behavior amongst post-graduate students in Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection from 373 post-graduate Ph.D. students registered in various universities throughout Malaysia with a non-probabilistic sampling technique. Research respondents belonged to management, humanities, engineering, computer science, and health sciences domains, and they responded through a questionnaire copy. Statistically, structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to evaluate confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), reliability analysis, validity analysis, measurement model, structural model, and path analysis. Furthermore, the (5000) bootstrapping approach was utilized to test the final model. Results: For the hypothesized model, our results confirmed that positive emotions had a positive and significant effect on students’ psychological capita as well as on their academic engagement behavior. Further, PsyCap also had a positive and significant effect on academic engagement behavior. Our results also reported that stress as a moderating variable has a negative and deteriorating effect on the relationship between PsyCap and the academic engagement of students. Conclusion: The study’s findings support the theoretical assumption that positive emotions help individuals generate cognitive resources, which in turn help them manage their engagement behavioral requirements. However, the stress caused by their study needs may deplete their psychological resources, consequently influencing their academic engagement behavior. Interventions like personal coaching/counseling, appropriate follow-up, and flexible goal settings with other measures may help postgraduate students in achieving their daunting tasks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The factors of straightening the religiosity of Muslim converts (muallaf) are an important element especially involving zakat assistance. This is due to the fact that the zakat assistance is still an important allocation to muallaf. Thus, there are among muallaf who do not understand the faith of Islam well. As a result, they feel marginalized after embracing Islam. The objective of this article is to identify the factors strengthening influence of the level of religiosity among muallaf through zakat influencing factors which perception, psychology, motivation, environment, and faith. Thus, the design of this work is in the form of inferential statistics using the questionnaire form as the data collection method by structural equation modeling (SEM). There are 136 questionnaire forms analyzed involving the muallaf in Terengganu, Malaysia. Data analysis uses SPSS 22 and the Smart-PLS version 3.2.7. The finding will support continuous development with the aid of muallaf to strengthen religiosity through zakat assistance. There are four factors influencing the straightening religiosity among muallaf that are psychology, perception, motivation, and environment. It is hoped that the success of zakat assistances toward muallaf will produce quality for religion and avoid the negative perception of the public among muallaf. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]