Nurizan Yahaya

Biographic Data

ID3793570
NAMENurizan Yahaya
GIVEN NAMESNurizan
FAMILY NAMEYahaya
SIGNATUREYAHAYA N
AFFILIATIONSUniversiti Putra Malaysia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX2

  • Gender as a Moderator of the Relation Among Social Support Functions and Life Satisfaction in Older Malaysians

    Hadi Kooshair, Nurizan Yahaya et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2014

    The aim of this study was to examine the moderating role of gender on relations among social support functions and life satisfaction in older Malaysians. The study sample was 1,800 older residents in a community; all were at least 60 years old. This study was a cross-sectional and corelational survey, and the data were collected by multistage stratified sampling. This study revealed that fewer social support functions, and therefore less life sat…

  • Loneliness as a Risk Factor for Hypertension in Later Life

    Open AccessYadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Tengku Aizan Hamid et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2012Cited by: 6References: 6

    The results show loneliness as a major risk factor for hypertension and call for health care professionals to be aware of the negative physiological effects of loneliness in old age

  • Moderating effect of religiosity on the relationship between social isolation and psychological well-being

    Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Tengku-Aizan Hamid et al.ARTICLEMental Health Religion & Culture2011

    It is known that social isolation is negatively associated to psychological well-being. Hence, it is imperative to identify factors that may moderate this association. This study aimed to examine the moderating effect of religiosity on the relationship between social isolation and psychological well-being among a sample of 1415 community-dwelling older Malay Muslims age 60 years and over. The data for this study came from a national survey entitl…

  • Religiosity Among Older Muslim Malaysians

    Open AccessYadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Tengku Aizan Hamid et al.ARTICLEJournal of Muslim Mental Health2010

    Gender differences in religiosity have been studied in non-Islamic countries and it has been noted consistently that women tend to be more religious than men. However, the role of gender in relation to religiosity is not clear among adherents of the Islamic faith. This study aimed to explore gender differences in religiosity among 1,415 (n = 722 women; n = 693 men) Muslim Malaysians aged 60 years and older. Data for this study came from a nationa…

  • Mediating Effects of Social and Personal Religiosity on the Psychological Well Being of Widowed Elderly People

    Open AccessYadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Raphiq Ibrahim et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2010

    Spousal death is one the most stressful life events that seriously affects the psychological well being of widowed. This study examined the mediating effects of social and personal religiosity on the psychological well being of widowed elderly people. The sample for this study was comprised of 1367 widowed and married elderly Muslims from Malaysia. Psychological well being, religiosity, and physical health were measured using WHO-5 Well being Ind…

  • Environmental comprehension and participation of Malaysian secondary school students

    Aini Mat Said, Nurizan Yahaya et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Education Research2007Cited by: 1References: 3

    Environmental education was first formally introduced to Malaysian schools in 1986. Its implementation since then has been limited owing to various constraints facing teachers, and its success in achieving stated environmental education objectives remains uncertain. In view of this, an empirical, exploratory, descriptive study was undertaken to gauge levels of environmental understanding, awareness and knowledge, and the involvement of secondary …

  • A profile of the urban poor in Malaysia

    Nurizan YahayaARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Asia1991Cited by: 1

    Poverty is one of the major problem faced by Malaysia and has been given a special emphasis in the New Economic Policy (NEP). The poverty rate has decreased in 1984 (18.7 %) compared to 1976 (39.6%) and 1910 (49.4%) (Third Malaysia Plan. TMP p.104). Nevertheless, the rural poverty especially in 'the agricultural sector is still high (24.7%) in 1984 as compared to urban poverty (8..2%). The urban poverty-rate bas decreased in 1984 coinpared to 197…

  • Housing in Malaysia, 1955–1990

    Open AccessNurizan YahayaARTICLEHabitat International1989

  • Housing provision and satisfaction of low-income households in Kuala Lumpur

    Open AccessHusna Sulaiman, Nurizan YahayaARTICLEHabitat International1987Cited by: 6References: 6