Abstract
The concern in our society today is to strengthening of identity amongst the youth. This concern is due to the characters ofyouth who is more curious and love to try new things, hence easily misled. The present youth is our hope for the future togovern our country. This paper studies the strength level of identity amongst youth in Malaysian selective public andprivate higher educational institutions. The identity components measured in this study are royal institution acceptanceand patriotism contribution towards national indices in Malaysia. The manifestation of each component was analyzed via knowledge, behavior, emotion, value, and belief. This study was designed to utilize a quantitative approach with surveymethod. A survey questionnaire was constructed as a research instrument to collect data for this study, and an identitymeasurement tool was also developed by this group of researchers. The participants are 456 male and 603 female students from sixth selective higher institution with different years and streams of studies as well as ethnics. The studyfound that the mean for patriotism 4.16, royal institution (4.62), which make the indexes encourage able in Malaysia. In addition, there was a significant difference between ethnics (p<0.05). In conclusion, the strength level of identity found bythis study is alarming.
Highlights
Abraham Lincoln defined patriotism as “the devotion to country, and to its principles, in our case, means the principles set down in 1776”
This study explores the psychological consequences of attempting to positively identify oneself as a Malaysia national despite these stigmas against Malaysia nationalism and patriotism
Strong effects for ethnic emerged on three of the three primary dimension measures of ways in which Malaysians relate to their national identity
Summary
Abraham Lincoln defined patriotism as “the devotion to country, and to its principles, in our case, means the principles set down in 1776”. In the era of globalization the demand for tolerance the debate brings to question the motivation of the patriot and how this motivation impacts a country‟s ability to successfully operate in global society. There is an unanswered question in our mind, what is the impact of globalization toward patriotism among teenagers? With the diversity in the country, political party has come out with many ideas and policy, opposition continuously challenge the government. This scenario has challenge the government in establishing harmonize in society
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