Role of Personality Traits in Sexual Misconduct among Malaysian Teenager Mannan Aminah Binti Abdul1,*, Khan Aqeel2, Ramli Jamaludin Bin2, Latif Adibah Bint Abdul2, Mannan Ayesha Binti Abdul3 1Master Research Student, School of Education, University Tecknologia Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia 2Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia 3PhD Student, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia *Corresponding author: Aminah Binti Abdul Mannan, Master Research Student, School of Education, University Tecknologia Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia. Email: aminahfp@gmail.com
Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract Many studies have been conducted to examine the involvement of adolescents in sexual misconduct; however, through a literature review conducted, studies on teenage personality traits and sexual misconduct are found to be limited in Malaysia. Teenagers are easily trapped by sexual misconduct due to the process of change between childhood and adulthood. The role of personality traits, religiosity, cultural values of adolescents highlighted to shape the character of youth, which can help to build positive personality for becoming good citizen of the country. As Malaysia consists of Malay, Chinese and Indian diverse cultural societies and diverse religious people living together harmoniously in Malaysia, which has absolutely noble values to develop healthy personality; however, sexual misconduct emerging as challenge, which need to be understand in terms of unregistered pregnancy and social issues. By developing positive values and healthy personality among teenager could serve as best predictor for avoiding sexual misconduct. Top Keywords Personality, Sexual Misconduct, Teenager, Malaysia. Top |