This study was conducted to examine the relationship between smartphone addiction, sleep quality, and academic performance. The study presented quantitative research on 323 students in a public university in Sabah to explore the relationship between smartphone addiction, sleep quality, and academic performance. A simple random sampling was used in the study. The Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used in this study. SPSS was used as a tool of analysis for descriptive and inferential analysis. Pearson correlation was involved to test the hypothesis of the study. The result indicated that the greater the smartphone addiction, the lower the academic performance of university students. The finding also proved that students with poor sleep quality might exhibit low academic performance. Smartphone addiction was found to be associated with sleep quality where overusing smartphones was related to poor sleep quality in university students. On this basis, the problem of smartphone addiction and sleep quality should be tackled in order to improve the academic performance of university students and their overall health.

Dependence on coastal areas for the City of Baubau is very dominant, as evidenced by the activities of many people who depend their lives on the use of resources in the coastal areas. In order not to be damaged, it requires commitment from all components in the City of Baubau including all academicians at Buton University of Muhammadiyah to protect and manage the coastal environment through conservation efforts, of course with the same vision and understanding starting from campus. This study aims to (1) test and analyze the effect of motivation on participation in the preservation of the coastal environment. (2) Test and analyze the influence of organizational culture on participation in the preservation of the coastal environment. (3) Test and analyze the influence of leadership on participation in the preservation of the coastal environment. (4) Test and analyze the influence of conflict management on participation in the preservation of the coastal environment. This study uses explanatory patterns. The number of samples used was 147 respondents. Significant values for motivation, transformational leadership, and conflict management are smaller than the probability value with the t-value positive sign, which means motivation, transformational leadership and conflict management have a positive and significant effect on coastal environment participation at Muhammadiyah Buton University, while organizational culture has no effect on coastal environment participation at Buton Muhammadiyah University, because the significant value for organizational culture variables is greater than the probability value. Organizational culture needs to be encouraged starting from the smallest unit of study program to be more concerned with environmental issues, especially coastal areas so that sustainability is guaranteed.

<p><span lang="EN-US">This study was conducted to determine the relationship between academic stress and life satisfaction among university students in Sabah, Malaysia. A total of 400 students were selected as respondents and data were collected using questionnaires. Academic stress was measured using the Perception of Academic Stress Scale (PAS), which has four subscales: i) Performance stress; ii) Workload perception of workload and examinations; iii) Academic self-perception; and iv) Time constraints. Meanwhile, the Satisfaction with Life Scale was used to study student’s life satisfaction. The data obtained were analyzed using Pearson correlation and t-test. The results showed that performance stress is negatively associated with life satisfaction, while academic self-perception is positively associated with life satisfaction. The result also showed that perception of workload and examinations and time constraints not associated with life satisfaction. All in all, academic self-perception and performance stress have an association with life satisfaction.</span></p>

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.

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