Track: Business Management

Abstract

Community wellbeing is a positive situation in which individuals in the community as a whole can fulfil their needs and aspirations. Numerous studies have been investigated the wellbeing among the peripheral community in term of the economic aspect. However, the current study considers the psychological factor in measuring the community wellbeing. Thus, this study investigates coastal communities' wellbeing and the influence of motivation and social support on the wellbeing (psychological wellbeing and spiritual wellbeing) of Kuala Nerus, Terengganu. This study is designed using a quantitative approach with cross-sectional data conducted to 185 coastal communities through cluster-random sampling. The data analysed using descriptive (e.g. mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (e.g. multiple regression analysis).  By using descriptive statistics analysis, this study found that the mean value of spiritual wellbeing (M=7.28) is higher than psychological wellbeing (M=6.88). Besides that, applying the multiple regression analysis, we found that the proposed models explained 23.9 percent and 13.8 percent of the variance in psychological and spiritual wellbeing, respectively. The result of this study indicated that social support and motivation have significantly affected psychological wellbeing. At the same time, only social support has a significant effect on spiritual wellbeing. In conclusion, this study has successfully identified and investigated the factors that influence coastal community wellbeing. The implications of the study and suggestions for future researchers are also discussed.

Keywords: Wellbeing; community, coastal, psychological wellbeing, spiritual wellbeing