Data in Brief (Aug 2020)

Dataset to develop self-report measure of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties for Malaysian youths

  • Nor Ba'yah Abdul Kadir,
  • Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun,
  • Norhayati Ibrahim,
  • Hilwa Abdullah Mohd Nor,
  • Diana Johan

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31
p. 105795

Abstract

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The article presents reliability statistics data in relation to the development of emotional instability and behavioral difficulties scale for youths in a Malaysia context. The data were obtained from youths participants in Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. The data has four different subscales in describing emotional instability and behavioral difficulties. The data were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's ω, and Gutmann's λ6 to examine internal consistency test. The data showed that this new scale can be used to measure three subscales of emotional instability and one subscale of behavioral difficulties among youths in a Malaysia context.

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