https://ojs.upsi.edu.my/index.php/JCIT <p style="text-align: justify;">The <strong>Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought (JCIT) [ISSN 2232-0032 / eISSN 0128-0481]</strong> is an international peer-reviewed journal published <strong>twice a year (in April and October)</strong> by the Faculty of Management and Economics (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris) and Pejabat Karang Mengarang Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI Press). It aims to become the leading multi-disciplinary, open access, an online academic journal in the field of current matters. The JCIT is dedicated to promoting original research and insightful debate in contemporary issues and thought by publishing academic original articles, analytical and simulation models, empirical research, policy analysis, and book reviews across a number of disciplines, including accounting banking, business, economics, education, entrepreneurship development, finance, international relation, law, management, population studies, public administration, science, and social welfare.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/public/site/images/admin/My_Cite121.png" /> <img src="https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/public/site/images/admin/adl11.png" alt="" width="103" height="31" /> <img src="https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/public/site/images/admin/logo2-d5966321cdea8c314b36d3084cc4ad2c-aaa9c99a244636ac39c80abbc9e5538c.png" alt="" width="110" height="43" /></p> UPSI Press en-US Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought 2232-0032 https://ojs.upsi.edu.my/index.php/JCIT/article/view/10258 <p><em>Due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the worldwide financial and economic sectors, investors have been opting for safer, low-risk assets like gold and crude oil during periods of instability. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the stock market, gold price, and crude oil price using the quantile regression method. The study focused on examining the parameters of the stock price index within deciles 0.1-0.9, based on daily data from March 18th, 2020, to March 30th, 2022. The findings indicated that the relationship between gold prices and the stock market was generally insignificant during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a negative and significant correlation between crude oil prices and the stock market was observed in deciles 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, and 0.9. Hence, the impact of these variables on the returns of the stock market should be taken into account by investors and policymakers.</em></p> Hanita Hashim Norimah Rambeli @ Ramli Dayang Affizah Awang Marikan Copyright (c) 2024 UPSI Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2024-09-16 2024-09-16 15 1/2 1 8 https://ojs.upsi.edu.my/index.php/JCIT/article/view/10296 <p><em>This study examines the factors impacting wellness tourist's behavioral intention in underdeveloped mountain areas in China. The model extends the theory of planned behavior, considering attitudes towards wellness tourism, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control as central factors, and additionally incorporates health consciousness level and prior knowledge of wellness. Data were randomly collected from 224 residents of Xi'an, Chengdu, and Wuhan cities in China, using a questionnaire survey and analyzed through structural equation modeling. The findings reveal that attitudes towards tourism, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and prior knowledge of wellness positively impact wellness tourist's behavioral intention in underdeveloped areas, while health consciousness level has no significant impact. Together, these five variables explain 48 percent of the variance in the dependent variable. This research contributes to the existing body of knowledge by identifying the factors influencing wellness tourism behavior in underdeveloped regions, offering insights for policymakers and marketers to better understand and promote wellness tourism in these types of areas.</em></p> Qian Li Zainizam Zakariya Yunchao Cai Nurudeen Babatunde Bamiro Copyright (c) 2024 UPSI Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2024-09-25 2024-09-25 15 1/2