MALIM: Jurnal Pengajian Umum Asia Tenggara (Jun 2016)

Konsep Cinta Muslim, Personaliti dan Akhlak Percintaan dalam Kalangan Belia Muslim (The Concept of Muslim Love, Personality and Love Manners among the Muslim Youth)

  • SYAIDATUN NAZIRAH ABU ZAHRIN,
  • HANISAH OSMAN ,
  • FAZILAH IDRIS

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17576/malim-2016-1701-03
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17
pp. 29 – 52

Abstract

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Stemming from the ignorance of the true meaning of love, baby dumping and other social illnesses are becoming more rampant. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between personality and love manners among the Muslim youth. The main objective of this study is to identify the relationship between the Concept of Muslim Love, Personality and Love Manners among the Muslim youth. The research design employed in this study is a survey research which utilizes a questionnaire which has been adopted and piloted. This study utilizes a random sampling method which involved 498 students in SMK, SMKA and Tahfiz schools in Selangor, aged from 16 to 20 years old. Based on the ANOVA test conducted, there was a significant difference in mean score (P=-0.122; P=-0.188, p<0.05) in the understanding of the concept of love in Islam. In addition to that, there were also significant differences in mean score for the personality trait items with (P=0.001, p<0.05) for Openness, (P=0.002, p<0.05) for Agreeableness and (P=0.031, p<0.05) for Conscientiousness domains respectively. There was also a significant difference in mean score (P=0.000, p<0.05) for Love Manners as according to the different school categories. A correlation analysis shows high, moderate and weak correlations among the dimensions of the concept of love in Islam with Neuroticism (-0.08-0.19), Extraversion (0.12-0.21), Openness (0.14-0.29), Agreeableness (0.8- 0.16) and Conscientiousness (0.31-0.49) personality domains respectively. In addition to that, there were significantly high, moderate and low correlations among the dimensions of the concept of love in Islam towards love manners and the practice of love manners with a range of (0.17-0.32) and (-0.07-0.28) respectively. The findings of this study suggest the importance of the Conscientiousness personality domain in shaping a person's love manners. This is because perfect love manners require the control of the desire in order to avoid oneself from committing sinful acts.

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