Mental Health Mediate Social Support to Predict Quality of Life among Drug-Abuse Inmates Karim Fazida1, Mohamad Mahadzirah1,*, Muhammad Norhilmi1 1Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, 21300, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia *Corresponding author: Mahadzirah Mohamad, E-mail: mahadzirahmd@unisza.edu.my
Online published on 6 April, 2019. Abstract This study examined mental health as a mediator between social support and Quality of Life (QoL). Survey data from 451 drug-abuse inmates were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that mental health partially mediate social support to predict QoL. These findings suggest not only that it is important to consider social support in understanding QoL, but also that mental health plays an important role in these relationships. Implications for these more complex relations are discussed for further research. Top Keywords Inmate, Support, Health, Quality of life. Top |