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Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia
Published by Universitas Indonesia
ISSN : 2355794X     EISSN : 24069183     DOI : https://doi.org/10.7454/hubs.asia
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Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia or Makara Hubs-Asia is a regional journal that seeks to advance understanding of human behavior in the context of Asia through the publication of empirical research articles that may stimulate further research. The word Makara symbolizes the emblem of the journals publisher, Universitas Indonesia, which means the well of knowledge that spreads across the continent. We use the word Asia to refer to people from the Asian continent, regardless of where they live. The journal welcomes research from any discipline that provides significant advancement of our understanding of human behavior in the context of Asia. The journal welcomes original research and review articles from the social sciences and humanities. Disciplines covered in this journal include Anthropology, Communication, Cultural Study, Criminology, Education, Management, Psychology, Psychiatry, Political Science, Public Policy, and Sociology. The mission of our journal is to stimulate research on human behavior in the context of Asia, which will ultimately improve our understanding of human behavior in Asia. The Asian continent has pressing social challenges in the 21st century, and this journal contributes to addressing those issues.
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Translation, Adaptation, and Validation of Player Experience of Need Satisfaction Scale (PENS) Modified Version in Malaysian Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) Players T'ng, Soo Ting, Dr; Ho, Khee Hoong; Leong, Wen Sam; Siah, Poh Chua; Abdul Jalil, Nurul Iman Binti; Pau, Kee
Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia Vol. 29, No. 1
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This study aimed to translate, adapt, and validate the modified version of the Player Experience of Need Satisfaction (PENS) for Malaysian Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) players. The translation and adaptation process involved a rigorous procedure with nine mental health and linguistic experts. A non-probability sampling method was applied by recruiting 491 participants from the MOBA Facebook groups. The parallel analysis indicated a two-factor structure (autonomy and competence as one factor and relatedness as another factor). Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated a better model fit for the translated version compared with the original English version, with satisfactory psychometric properties. Future studies should address psychometric concerns and evaluate the scale across diverse populations and game genres. This study provides a foundation for understanding and enhancing the gaming experience in the dynamic and rapidly growing mobile game aggregation market.
Body Acceptance, Body Dysmorphia Symptoms, and Selfie Behavior: Unpacking their Relationships Among Filipinos Reyes, Marc Eric S.; Ang Tong, Alyssa Ashley O.; Cada, Sherry Lyn H.; Lopez, Raymond Nathan A.; Natividad, JV Louise D.
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The emergence and proliferation of social media gave rise to “selfitis,” an obsession-compulsive engagement in photo selfie-related activities. This phenomenon raises a problem, especially for people experiencing body acceptance concerns and body dysmorphia symptoms, as both of these variables may be linked with photo selfie-taking behavior. With the Philippines having the second-highest average daily social media usage globally, this study explored the association between body acceptance, body dysmorphia symptoms, and selfie behavior. We utilized a cross-sectional explanatory design and investigated the possible mediating and moderating role of body dysmorphia symptoms in the relationship between body acceptance and selfies among 506 Filipinos aged 18–58 who voluntarily completed an online battery of tests measuring body acceptance, body dysmorphia symptoms, and selfie behavior. The results showed that body dysmorphia symptoms moderated and partially mediated the association between body acceptance and selfie behavior, offering a more in-depth understanding of these constructs among our Filipino sample. No clinical association was found between selfie-taking and body dysmorphia symptoms, challenging the notion that frequent selfie-taking is a direct symptom of body acceptance issues. Therefore, understanding and addressing body acceptance concerns requires us to move beyond one-size-fits-all approaches and always consider the specific cultural contexts in which they arise.
Delusion or Faith? Exploring Religious Delusions in Individuals with Schizophrenia within the Banjar Culture Mustafa, Nabila Regita Putri; Maisyarah, Nur’Aulia; Maulidina, Aulia; Aditya, Muhammad Reza; Shadiqi, Muhammad Abdan
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Schizophrenia is often characterized by delusions and hallucinations, which often appear as manifestations of religious delusions in the Banjar cultural context. This phenomenon can be understood through the hyper-religiosity theory, which explains excessive religious behavior in individuals with schizophrenia. This qualitative case study aims to identify the forms of religious delusion in individuals with hyper-religiosity and the underlying causal factors. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and observations with 10 informants, comprising four individuals with religious delusions selected using purposive sampling based on their experience of studying Tasawwuf and experiencing religious delusions and six significant others. The findings show that delusions appear in the form of recognition as God or Prophet, receiving divine knowledge, and hyper-religiosity behavior seen in excessive worship practices, intolerance of different beliefs, and fanaticism toward religious symbols. Contributing factors include genetic predisposition, medication non-adherence, and traumatic experiences, which intensify psychological symptoms and demonstrate the complex interactions among cultural, psychological, and biological factors. These findings underscore the importance of clinical approaches that are sensitive to the cultural and religious contexts of patients and the need for further research to develop more effective intervention strategies to address religious delusions in individuals with schizophrenia in religious communities.
Religiosity and Attitudes toward Suicide Among Filipinos Reyes, Marc Eric S.; Daluping, Therese Angelie C.; Dela Cruz, Omar Joseph SJ.; Estremadura, Sigmund Gabriel A.; Gavino, Jonah Emmanuel D.; Villanueva, Elaine G.; Jacob, Alvin L., III
Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia Vol. 29, No. 2
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Religiosity is generally negatively associated with attitudes toward suicide. Religious individuals typically have more negative attitudes toward suicide than individuals with lower levels of religiosity. This is partly due to the belief that suicide goes against many religious teachings that revere life as a sacred gift from God. Hence, using a cross-sectional, predictive design, we aimed to investigate the link between religiosity and suicide attitudes and how much religiosity predicts different suicide attitudes. Using non-probability convenience sampling, 1148 Filipino participants aged 18–65 completed an online test battery: Centrality of Religiosity Scale Interreligious form-20 and Attitudes Toward Suicide Scale. Results revealed that religiosity is significantly associated with and predicts eight suicide-related attitudes, namely, suicide as a right, incomprehensibility, preventability, tabooing, normal-common, suicidal process, preparedness to prevent, and resignation. These results indicate that religiosity primarily negatively predicts certain attitudes toward suicide among Filipinos. Our findings reveal the critical role that religiosity plays in Filipinos' attitudes toward suicide, which may have significant implications for preventing and understanding suicidality in the Philippines.
Problem Videogame Playing Scale: A Preliminary Study of Measurement Invariance between English and Malay Fam, Jia Yuin; Juhari, Rumaya; Madon, Zainal; Daud, Mohd Najmi
Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia Vol. 29, No. 2
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Purpose: Distinguishing between problematic and non-problematic gamers is a priority concern. Although the Problem Videogame Playing (PVP) Scale might be useful as a screening tool of IGD, there is little evidence to support the measurement invariance of the PVP scale. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the English and Malay versions of the PVP scale. Methods: A total of 646 secondary school students aged between 12 and 18 years were recruited to participate in this study. Results: The unidimensional structure of the PVP scale was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The PVP scale correlates well with other game-related constructs, supporting its construct validity. The internal consistency of the PVP scale is high. The configural, metric, scalar, and residual invariance models supported the English and Malay versions of the PVP scale’s measurement invariance. Conclusion: Psychometrically, the PVP scale is a reliable and valid screening tool among English-speaking and Malay-speaking samples. Extensive psychometric properties allow its use as a screening tool for IGD.
The Role and Influence of Media Coverage and Social Media on Suicides: A Scoping Review Buac, Kevin Miko; Austria, Janine Trixia; Monsanto, Claro Emmanuel; Ponce, Ma. Jamaica Monique; Soriano, Arnold Christopher; Suzuki, Mystie; Reyes, Marc Eric S.
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Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Numerous factors contribute to suicide ideation; recent studies highlight that the media’s presentation of suicide plays a significant role in influencing suicide ideation and attempts among their audience. This study aims to evaluate the extent of the literature on traditional media reporting and social media in the context of suicide ideation and attempts, considering social media as a distinct yet relevant domain with its widespread reach and user-driven nature. The PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews was employed to retrieve relevant studies and address the following questions: (1) What potential factors and phenomena in media reporting are relevant to suicide ideation and attempts among adults and adolescents in various countries? (2) What are the current solutions to improve media reporting in the context of suicide ideation and attempts among adults and adolescents in various countries? (3) What are the implications of the factors and solutions on media reporting regarding suicide ideation and attempts among adults and adolescents in various countries? The findings indicate and show that media reporting methods are a crucial contributor to suicide prevention. Implementing changes in these methods warrants suicide prevention instead of mediation.
Willingness to Pay for a Restored and Protected Watershed: Evidence from the Countryside Cananua-Labid, Sherrie Ann; Quilatan, Julie Ann M.; Bolante, Lovely Rose A.
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Climate change and human activity have severely degraded watersheds, jeopardizing their sustainability. The willingness of residents to pay for watershed management is essential for developing sustainable environmental protection efforts. This study determined the respondents' willingness to pay (WTP) for the restoration and protection (RP) of the Ulot Watershed of Samar Island Natural Park using a double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation approach. The researchers used the Kish grid method to draw respondents from 150 households. The study revealed that families with an average annual income of approximately $2746.70 were ready to contribute $0.78 per month, or $9.36 annually, to the watershed restoration and protection fund. An annual aggregate WTP of $102,259.74 may be collected from the community. Logistic regression analysis also revealed a positive association between age, level of watershed knowledge, and WTP. These findings provide strong evidence that a publicly supported watershed management program for the Ulot Watershed is feasible for local government units. In conclusion, understanding the willingness to pay of the community is crucial for implementing effective watershed management strategies and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Ulot Watershed.
What is the Most Important Issue in Indonesia’s Political Belief System? Network Analysis of Attitude and Voting Behavior in 2014 and 2019 Hasan, Khaerullah Fadhli Arasy; Yustisia, Whinda; Milla, Mirra Noor; Brandt, Mark
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Previous research has shown that attitudes toward political issues have a significant influence on voting behavior (Bukari et al., 2022). However, not all issues exert equal influence, and some may have a more direct impact on voting behavior than others. This study applies network analysis within the framework of the PBS model (Brandt & Sleegers, 2021) to explore the issues that most strongly shaped voters’ choices in Indonesia’s 2014 and 2019 elections. To answer the research question, we used data from a national survey (n = 962) conducted in 2018. The analysis was conducted by evaluating the shortest path values based on mixed graphical models to estimate the strength of the relationship between attitudes toward 12 issues and the choice of political party and president. The results show that issues in the religion dimension, particularly the belief that leaders should be of the same faith and religion, consistently had a direct and shortest path with the presidential choice in both election periods (2014 election ≈ 0.03; 2019 election ≈ 0.009–0.05). At the dimension level, ANOVA analysis also shows that the shortest path between attitudes toward issues and presidential choice is significantly different across the three dimensions in both the 2014 (F(2, 9) = 8.16, p < 0.01) and 2019 (F(2, 9) = 21.31, p < 0.001) elections. Specifically, we found that the religious dimension was more closely related to voting behavior than the other dimensions. This finding was replicated in the choice of political party but only in the upcoming election and not in the previous election. Therefore, we can conclude that religious issues play a more important role in Indonesia’s political choice.
Editorial Note: GenAI for Academic Writing – Friend or Foe? Riantoputra, Corina D.; Wongkaren, Turro S.; Jaya, Edo S.; Sekarasih, Laras; Shadiqi, Muhammad Abdan
Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia Vol. 30, No. 1
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In an article published in Nature titled “ChatGPT listed as author in research papers” Stone-Walker (2023) shocks the academic community with the fact that GenAI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini have gained a substantive role in the production of knowledge and academic writing. He reports that one research company has published 80 articles produced by GenAI in academic journals.  In the wake of Stone-Walker’s article, many publishers and journal editors set guidelines in relations to the role of GenAI in academic writings. All of them disagree to allow GenAI as an author.  Further, the Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Index (2022) reports that there is a fivefold increase in research and publications on fairness and transparency relating to GenAI since 2014 indicating that the ethical issue is even more pressing now. Altogether, such development demonstrates that the academic community is feeling uneasy, disturbed, and anxious on the use of GenAI in the academic endeavour. Although everyone agrees on the practical assistance GenAI provides in academic writing, GenAI also brings epistemic challenges and accompanying integrity risks (Chesterman & Chieh, 2026). As a journal concerned with human behavior and socio-cultural processes in Asia, Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia has a particular stake in addressing this issue as we take active roles in preserving academic authority related to journal publications. It is the aim of this editorial note to discuss principles in relation to how GenAI may be used in manuscripts submitted to this journal without sacrificing academic integrity. This editorial note does not yet introduce formal rules or technical instructions. Instead, it articulates the principles that will guide subsequent editorial policies. For this editorial note, GenAI refers to the term generative AI, which are computational techniques that are capable of generating seemingly new and meaningful content such as text, images, or audio from training data. (Feuerriegel et al., 2024). This can be used to perform tasks such as pattern recognition, prediction, generation, and optimization across research workflows.
Malaysia’s Social Media and Virtual Communities: Investigating Digital Engagement, Social Problem Management, and Economic Mobility Sarifin, Muhammad Ridhwan; Yusoff, Nur Hafizah; Muhamad Adnan, Muhamad Hariz
Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia Vol. 30, No. 1
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This study explores the evolving role of social media in shaping users’ digital engagement, social problem management, psychological well-being, and economic mobility in Malaysia. A total of 374 respondents participated in an online survey, selected using purposive sampling to capture active users across diverse age, income, and educational backgrounds. The study employed a structured questionnaire with Likert-scale items to evaluate perceptions of virtual community participation. Linear regression and moderation analysis were conducted to determine how social media usage predicts social issue management, emotional and social needs fulfillment, and economic opportunity access. Digital literacy was tested as a moderator between social media use and SPM. Social media had the strongest influence on psychological needs fulfillment (β = 0.52), followed by social problem management (β = 0.45) and economic mobility (β = 0.38). Digital literacy significantly moderated the relationship between social media and problem-solving capacity (β = 0.18, p < 0.05), that user competence enhances civic engagement outcomes. These results offer both theoretical and practical implications for digital inclusion strategies and community empowerment through online platforms. This study contributes to the field of digital sociology by integrating insights from social capital, uses and gratifications, self-determination, and social identity theories. It also highlights the need for inclusive platform design and policy frameworks that support both DL and EA.

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