SOCIAL SUPPORT INFLUENCE ON DECISION MAKING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Mahallah/Apartment Co-Curricular Organization Lecturer Full Time/ Part Time Subjects

Decisions

Academic Achievement
CGPA Below 3.00 = WARNING 3 x = DROP OUT

IIUM Students

Family

Friends

Eva Noviana Budiyanti (G 0823450) Supervisor: Dr. Mohd. Burhan Bin Ibrahim

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Lee et al, (1999) argues that social support could be one of the importance approaches in improving students learning However, a growing number of literature and empirical research have indicated that college students and young adults cite parents as an important influence on students choices (Knowles, 1998; Mau & Bikos, 2000, Joseph, 2000; Mazzarrol & Soutar, 2002). Several studies showed that peers influenced decision of youth that can have long lasting consequences (Sewell et al, 1970; Eisenberg 2004; Gardner & Steinberg 2005) Thus, the study attempts to understand the role of social support (family/friend) in managing students decisionmaking that might be effect to academic achievement.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
To investigate the relationship between social support influence and decision-making among IIUM students To investigate the relationship between decisionmaking with academic achievement To investigate differences among genders, level of study, and nationality on social support influence. To investigate differences between family and friend on social support influence. To investigate differences on decision-making among genders, level of study, and nationality

RESEARCH QUESTION
Is there any significant differences in the level of social support influence based on: Gender, Level of study, Nationality? Is there any significant differences between family and friend on social support influence? Is there any relationship between social support influence and decision-making? Is there any significant differences in the level of decisionmaking based on: Gender, Level of study, Nationality ? Is there any relationship between social support influence and academic achievement?

LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter provides a review of previous and current finding on social support definition, social support in education, decision-making definition, factors influence decision-making

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
Social Support it is designed 25 instruments; and it included 5-points of likert scale. The scale options are: 1 = Never, 2 = Infrequently, 3 = Sometime, 4 = Frequently and 5 = Always. The higher scores indicate higher social support involvement. Decision Making it is involved eight instruments,. The decision-making questionnaire is included 5-points of likert scale. The scale options are: 1 = Never, 2 = Infrequently, 3 = Sometime, 4 = Frequently and 5 = Always. The higher scores indicate higher social support involvement.

PROSEDURE
DATA ANALYSES The data will be analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The data will be analyzed by computing descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient, and t-statistics. Descriptive statistics used in this study are frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations. Independent sample t-test is used to measure differences between variables. Correlations coefficient are used to determine the strength and direction of relationship among the variables

POPULATION/SAMPLE
Population: Undergraduate and Postgraduate students from (IRKHS) of IIUM GOMBAK (The Largest faculty in IIUM, with over 4000 students (undergraduate: 3228 Postgraduate 1278 students) (IIUM Admissions and Records (A&R) Sample: 367 Students (stratified random sampling)
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