Adolescents are important assets to the nation and can potentially bring it to a brilliant and glorious level if prepared with mental ability and good physical condition. However, many social phenomena that involve the demise of moral in the behaviour of adolescents are gradually worrying with the increase of adolescent juvenile cases such as premarital pregnancy, free sex, baby abandonment, skipping school, smoking, taking drugs, rape, prostitution, snatching, stealing, bullying, running away and killing. In this regard, the mastery of parenting skills, especially in the aspect of adolescent spirituality, is one of the measures to tackle the issue of adolescence following home-based education. Hence, this study was conducted to examine parenting skills through the spiritual aspect applied to adolescents in the family in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The design of this research is survey study using questionnaire instrument to 384 respondents selected purposively among parents who have teenage children in Putrajaya. The data were analysed by descriptive statistic technic using SPSS version 22. The study shows that majority of the parents apply parenting skills to adolescents in their families through spiritual aspects by guiding them not to associate God (mean=3.71). This shows that the ‘aqidah education is a major concern in the family. The implications of this study can help parents to strengthen parenting skills in Islamic perspective and apply them in the process of educating adolescents in the family. This study also contributes knowledge to responsible parties in Malaysia such as LPPKN, JAKIM and MoH in managing family affairs and adolescents in Malaysia more effectively.

This analysis aims to investigate Muslim youths' compliance behavior towards the Standard Operating Procedures throughout the Malaysian government's Movement Control Order, which was implemented to contain and mitigate the cases of the COVID-19. The design of this study is a survey study using a questionnaire instrument on 545 respondents who were purposefully selected among Muslim youth aged 15 to 30 years in Malaysia. Meanwhile, the data was analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques using IBM SPSS. The findings of this study can provide information to the youth, particularly regarding the COVID-19 prevention procedure and the needs of following it. Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, behavior, youth, Movement Control Order (MCO). eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i17.2850

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This study aims to identify the impact of COVID-19 on the standard of living of B40, which involves issues of income, expenditure, and saving between the urban and rural parts of the Klang Valley. This study uses a cross-sectional survey research design. Six hundred fifty respondents from B40 households were selected to answer the questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U inference test statistics. The results found no significant difference between those from urban and rural areas of the B40 group on the impact of living standards during the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO). Keywords: Impact, COVID-19, Standard of Living B40, Klang Valley eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i22.4034