Characteristics and Level of Nationalism Among Malaysian Youth

Literature defines nationalism as positive feelings towards a country. The great obstacle is where the spirit of nationalism decreases from time to time and most of the Malaysian youth have low spirit of nationalism. The objectives of the research are to identify the characteristics of nationalism, to assess the level of nationalism among Malaysian youth and to propose strategies to increase nationalism among Malaysian youth. The research is a quantitative based on the questionnaire. The survey is conducted online. There are 403 respondents from various selected universities in Klang Valley responded to the survey. The result of this research identified the three characteristics: national pride, connection with countrymen and national belongings significant with the theory of Sun Tzu “The Art of War”. As for the level of nationalism, the three characteristics computed the good reliability test with the national identity. The research proposed strategies to the future researcher to conduct a study regarding the level of nationalism towards different races in our country. The result of this research becomes a reference and as a part of developing knowledge related to any government commitment.