ISSN- 2394-5125 VOL 7, ISSUE 19, 2020 SOCIAL SUPPORT AND COPING STRATEGIES: IMPROVING COASTAL SINGLE MOTHERS’ WELL-BEING IN MALAYSIA Marhaini Mohd Noor1, Zakaria Mohamad2, Mazidah Mohd Dagang3, Zuhda Husain4, Jasmi Abu Talib5, Rabaaton Adawiah Mohd Yusof6, Fazliyaton Ramley7, Nurul Atiqah Ab Raji8 1Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia E-mail:
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[email protected] Received: 14 April 2020 Revised and Accepted: 8 August 2020 ABSTRACT: This study is aimed to improve coastal single mothers‟ well-being with social support coping strategies. There has been an increase in numbers of single mothers in Malaysia and their well-being is crucial as female-headed households. A total of 328 respondents involved using the purposive sampling technique. Field studies were conducted using Coping Strategies Inventory (COPE) questionnaires on coastal single mothers from four locations in Kuala Nerus district. Social support was identified as the main predictor in this study. Thus to find out the level of well-being among single mothers, descriptive statistics in the form of percentage and mean were analyzed. Then, the relationship between well-being and social support were measured using Pearson correlation. Lastly, social support predictor factors were analyzed using multiple regression to determine factors that influence single mothers‟ well-being. This study indicated that there has been different levels of well-being and negative relationship between the social support and well-being.