Background: The increasing severity of obesity is expected to lead to more serious health e ects.... more Background: The increasing severity of obesity is expected to lead to more serious health e ects. However, there is limited information on the prevalence and clinical characteristics of cardiometabolic risk factors in severely children a ected by obesity in Malaysia. This baseline study aimed to investigate the prevalence of these factors and their association with obesity status among young children.
We present an unusual neonatal fungal infection, Hansenula anomala in a very low birthweight infa... more We present an unusual neonatal fungal infection, Hansenula anomala in a very low birthweight infant who underwent abdominal surgery for an omphalocele. Despite treatment with adequate doses of amphotericin B, the yeast continued to grow from the blood culture, and was only eradicated with the use of oral ketoconazole.
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, Mar 31, 2024
Fear of failure (FOF) has been reported as a construct that hinders individuals from achieving hi... more Fear of failure (FOF) has been reported as a construct that hinders individuals from achieving higher, working harder, and even moving from one stage of development to another. Studies indicated that university students with traits perfectionism tend to develop FOF, which prevented them for achieving better accomplishment in their academic life. In order to obtain further knowledge to curb FOF among this population, this study investigates which one of the three dimensions of perfectionism (selforiented, other-oriented, socially prescribed) is the main predictor of FOF. 351 participants from the target population of 4,000 undergraduate students from UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were recruited via convenience sampling to provide us with their data through a Google Form. Perfectionism dimensions were measured by the multidimensional perfectionism scale and fear of failure by the performance failure appraisal inventory. The collected data was analyzed via simple and multiple regression by multiple regression technique, and the findings showed that self-oriented and other-oriented perfectionism did not significantly predict the fear of failure. However, socially prescribed perfectionism was the only significant predictor of the fear of failure among the perfectionism model, therefore indicating that it was the most significantly predictor as well. In conclusion, students are more likely to be afraid to fail when they believe that there is a social standard of perfection that they have to follow.
Malay folk literature in early childhood education served as an important agent in child developm... more Malay folk literature in early childhood education served as an important agent in child development that involved emotional, thinking and language aspects. Up to this moment not much research has been carried out in Malaysia particularly in the teaching and learning aspects nor has there been an effort to publish "big books". Hence, this article will discuss the stance taken by university undergraduates, teachers and parents in evaluating Malay folk literature in early childhood education to be used as big books. The data collated and analyzed were taken from 941 respondents comprising 347 graduates, 299 teachers and 295 parents. Results of the study indicated that Malay folk literature can be absorbed into teaching and learning for early childhood with a mean of 4.12 while it can be big books with mean of 4.02. Meanwhile the highest mean value required for placing Malay folk literature genre as big books in early childhood education rests on exemplary stories and animal fables with mean values of 4.22 and 4.19 respectively. The lowest mean value of 3.45 is given to lipurlara stories. The oneway ANOVA analysis has been concluded and has revealed a significant relationship between the graduates, teachers and parents with all the items for the teaching and learning of Malay folk literature or the items for the contents of the big book in early childhood education.
This study investigates the mediator role of attachment avoidance and the moderator role of rejec... more This study investigates the mediator role of attachment avoidance and the moderator role of rejection sensitivity on the links between life satisfaction and psychological capital (PsyCap). This study uses the Experiences in Close Relationship Scale, Rejection Sensitive Scale, Positive Psychological Capital Scale, and Life Satisfaction Scale among 999 Chinese young adults as subjects. The results presented that life satisfaction had a significant positive predictive effect on PsyCap. Mediation analysis of this study shows that attachment avoidance mediated the association between life satisfaction and PsyCap. Furthermore, moderated mediation analysis indicated that rejection sensitivity moderates the link between life satisfaction and attachment avoidance (first-stage moderation). Compared with individuals with low rejection sensitivity, individuals with high rejection sensitivity show more attachment avoidance under low life satisfaction. This study helps understand the relationship between life satisfaction and PsyCap from the perspective of rejection sensitivity theory and attachment theory and has implications for guiding college students toward strengthening PsyCap and weakening rejection sensitivity.
The objective of this report is to present a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) that seeks to formulate... more The objective of this report is to present a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) that seeks to formulate recommendations to improve on a school-based intervention programme to combat obesity in Malaysia schools. The intervention program is made up of three components, namely Small Sided Game (SSG), Psychology and Nutrition. The FGD is carried out after 6 months intervention in three different groups consist of teachers, primary students and secondary students. For each session 7-10 participants will be selected randomly representing the groups. The discussion demonstrates that co-curriculum activities in the school, teachers, parents, peers, facilitators who conduct the activities and participants' determination in losing weight play a vital role during the intervention. In general, the aspect that affects the involvement of teachers is time consuming during the intervention programme. Teachers are burdened with teaching work load but in contracts the students are happy with the SSG components and they believe that the intervention can reduce their weight. For the psychology component the students prefer to have more outside classroom activities and for nutrition more on hand-on activities. The findings have provided significant outputs to the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education in helping obese children to live healthier and achieve well-being in their diary life. However, the intervention programme to combat obesity will be sustainable at school if extra human resources who are well-trained with three component of the programme are placed at schools.
In order to explore the effect of gratitude diary intervention on depression, 156 female college ... more In order to explore the effect of gratitude diary intervention on depression, 156 female college students participated in a one-month intervention of gratitude diary experiment. Using Beck Depression Rating Scale and Gratitude Questionnaire to assess the degree of gratitude tendency and deceptive emotion. The results showed that keeping a gratitude diary can significantly improve students' gratitude level (t (305) =-3.94, p < 0.001, d = 0.45) and reduce their depression (t (305) = 2.06, p < 0.05, d = 0.24). Further Chi-square tests showed that gratitude diary significantly reduced the number of subjects with mild depression (χ 2 (1) = 3.97, p < 0.05, w = 0.14), but not moderate to severe depression (χ 2 (1) = 2.36, p > 0.05). At the same time, one week after the pos-intervention, there was no significant difference in the level of gratitude (t (297) = 0.24, p > 0.05) and depression (t (297) = 1.23, p > 0.05), indicating that the intervention effect of gratitude diary can be sustained. Therefore, it can prevent depression and maintain students' mental health by guiding students to keep a gratitude diary or recall grateful things.
International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Unconditional self-acceptance (USA) is important for mental health. Studies reported that univers... more Unconditional self-acceptance (USA) is important for mental health. Studies reported that university students would develop the USA when they feel socially supported, included, and matter. Nevertheless, those factors are dependent on social feedbacks. Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak is, they had to follow the social distancing protocols and interact online with each other. This change might have altered the way they perceive the social support and mattering. It is hypothesized that these alterations predicted their USA through their perceived social support (PSS) and the sense of social inclusion (state self-esteem). To test the hypothesis, 214 young adults (85 men, 129 women), aged between 18 to 25 (M=22.80, SD=1.92) were asked to complete a demographic form and the scales of each variable. Students from University X, Malaysia were chosen as the population as they studied fully online when we started this study; unfortunately, the university went back to physical study before we mana...
International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Pre-pandemic studies had established that human resilience is mainly based on the social feedback... more Pre-pandemic studies had established that human resilience is mainly based on the social feedback that enables the formation of one’s perceived social support (PSS). In the Malaysian context, the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) amidst the pandemic altered the social interaction pattern. The shift had involved more dependence on online communication (i.e., social media). Therefore, the way PSS plays its role in predicting resilience could have been affected. Due to the reason mentioned above and the reports that Malaysians tend to increase their levels of spirituality during the MCO, we hypothesized that the sense of being empowered fully mediates the contribution of PSS on resilience while moderated by the levels of spirituality. Four hundred and five adults who reside in Malaysia during the MCO 2 were recruited to respond to scales of PSS, spirituality, empowerment, and resilience through the online survey. Our results suggested that the sense of empowerment signifi...
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2022
This research explored the relationship between religiosity, emotional intelligence, and academic... more This research explored the relationship between religiosity, emotional intelligence, and academic achievement among Malaysian university students. A total of 300 participants were selected via the convenience sampling method. Data was collected through an online survey platform wherein the questionnaires were transcribed into Google Form and distributed virtually. Participants answered two questionnaires namely the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) and Centrality of Religiosity Scale to measure their level of emotional intelligence (EQ) and religiosity respectively. The data were then analysed using Pearson’s Correlation and Multiple Regression. Emotional intelligence is vital as it acts as a catalyst in self-motivation towards attaining a better grade. The findings indicate that religiosity has a positive correlation with EQ and academic achievement. Overall, religiosity encourages one to strive for the better and this relates with academic achievement whereby...
Muallim Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Apr 2, 2022
There is an imbalance of religiosity when developing leadership among university students. This r... more There is an imbalance of religiosity when developing leadership among university students. This research examined the effect of religiosity on the trend of leadership among students. The study used stratified random sampling to select 292 students. The sample age ranged between 19-25 years. Three instruments were used Centrality of Religiosity Scale. The data analysis involved was the Structural Equation Model, SPSS AMOS-26. The results indicated that religiosity contributed significantly to the prediction of leadership attitude. The results corroborated the findings shows that religiosity correlated with leadership education and that it explained some of the leading education. Based on the findings, it was suggested that universities should endeavour to teach rudiments of religiosity model to the students to improve attitudes of leadership, and university counsellors and psychologists should develop programmes to foster emotional intelligence and religiosity.
School experiences, family bonding and self-concept had always been a crucial factor in influenci... more School experiences, family bonding and self-concept had always been a crucial factor in influencing all aspects of a student-s development. The purpose of this study is to develop and to validate a priori model of self-concept among students. The study was tested empirically using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to validate the structural model. To address these concerns, 1167 students were randomly selected and utilized the Cognitive Psycho-Social University of Malaya instrument (2009).Resulted demonstrated there is indirect effect from family bonding to self-concept through school experiences among secondary school students as a mediator. Besides school experiences, there is a direct effect from family bonding to self-concept and family bonding to school experiences among students.
This paper examines the students' self-concept among 16- and 17- year- old adolescents in Mal... more This paper examines the students' self-concept among 16- and 17- year- old adolescents in Malaysian secondary schools. Previous studies have shown that positive self-concept played an important role in student adjustment and academic performance during schooling. This study attempts to investigate the factors influencing students' perceptions toward their own self-concept. A total of 1168 students participated in the survey. This study utilized the CoPs (UM) instrument to measure self-concept. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed three factors: academic selfconcept, physical self-concept and social self-concept. This study confirmed that students perceived certain internal context factors, and revealed that external context factor also have an impact on their self-concept.
Malay Folk Literature in early childhood education served as an important agent in child developm... more Malay Folk Literature in early childhood education served as an important agent in child development that involved emotional, thinking and language aspects. Up to this moment not much research has been carried out in Malaysia particularly in the teaching and learning aspects nor has there been an effort to publish "big books." Hence this article will discuss the stance taken by university undergraduate students, teachers and parents in evaluating Malay Folk Literature in early childhood education to be used as big books. The data collated and analyzed were taken from 646 respondents comprising 347 undergraduates and 299 teachers. Results of the study indicated that Malay Folk Literature can be absorbed into teaching and learning for early childhood with a mean of 4.25 while it can be in big books with a mean of 4.14. Meanwhile the highest mean value required for placing Malay Folk Literature genre as big books in early childhood education rests on exemplary stories for und...
School homework has been synonymous with students- life in Chinese national type primary schools ... more School homework has been synonymous with students- life in Chinese national type primary schools in Malaysia. Although many reports in the press claimed that students were burdened with too much of it, homework continues to be a common practice in national type schools that is believed to contribute to academic achievement. This study is conducted to identify the relationship between the burden of school homework and academic achievement among pupils in Chinese National Type Primary School in the state of Perak, Malaysia. A total of 284 students (142 from urban and 142 from rural) respectively were chosen as participants in this study. Variables of gender and location (urban/rural areas) has shown significant difference in student academic achievement. Female Chinese student from rural areas showed a higher mean score than males from urban area. Therefore, the Chinese language teachers should give appropriate and relevant homework to primary school students to achieve good academic ...
This study aimed to investigate the usage of behavioural cognitive approach in group counselling ... more This study aimed to investigate the usage of behavioural cognitive approach in group counselling on social anxiety among adolescents in Malaysia. This study also identified social anxiety sympthoms and social situations that cause anxiety among them. A total of 72 secondary school students of one of the secondary schools in Terengganu participated in this experiment study. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA test. Results revealed that there was a significant difference in the mean score of Social Anxiety Scale for Adolesence – SAS-A in the post test between the control and treatment group, F(1,70) =1.068, p<.05. This indicates that the cognitive behavioural approach in group counseling has found to be effective in reducing social anxiety among adolescents in group counseling. It was also found that the sympthoms that cause social anxiety are the feelings of having a rapid heart beat, difficulty in giving attention, the feeling of getting cold, and empty mind...
Background: The increasing severity of obesity is expected to lead to more serious health e ects.... more Background: The increasing severity of obesity is expected to lead to more serious health e ects. However, there is limited information on the prevalence and clinical characteristics of cardiometabolic risk factors in severely children a ected by obesity in Malaysia. This baseline study aimed to investigate the prevalence of these factors and their association with obesity status among young children.
We present an unusual neonatal fungal infection, Hansenula anomala in a very low birthweight infa... more We present an unusual neonatal fungal infection, Hansenula anomala in a very low birthweight infant who underwent abdominal surgery for an omphalocele. Despite treatment with adequate doses of amphotericin B, the yeast continued to grow from the blood culture, and was only eradicated with the use of oral ketoconazole.
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, Mar 31, 2024
Fear of failure (FOF) has been reported as a construct that hinders individuals from achieving hi... more Fear of failure (FOF) has been reported as a construct that hinders individuals from achieving higher, working harder, and even moving from one stage of development to another. Studies indicated that university students with traits perfectionism tend to develop FOF, which prevented them for achieving better accomplishment in their academic life. In order to obtain further knowledge to curb FOF among this population, this study investigates which one of the three dimensions of perfectionism (selforiented, other-oriented, socially prescribed) is the main predictor of FOF. 351 participants from the target population of 4,000 undergraduate students from UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were recruited via convenience sampling to provide us with their data through a Google Form. Perfectionism dimensions were measured by the multidimensional perfectionism scale and fear of failure by the performance failure appraisal inventory. The collected data was analyzed via simple and multiple regression by multiple regression technique, and the findings showed that self-oriented and other-oriented perfectionism did not significantly predict the fear of failure. However, socially prescribed perfectionism was the only significant predictor of the fear of failure among the perfectionism model, therefore indicating that it was the most significantly predictor as well. In conclusion, students are more likely to be afraid to fail when they believe that there is a social standard of perfection that they have to follow.
Malay folk literature in early childhood education served as an important agent in child developm... more Malay folk literature in early childhood education served as an important agent in child development that involved emotional, thinking and language aspects. Up to this moment not much research has been carried out in Malaysia particularly in the teaching and learning aspects nor has there been an effort to publish "big books". Hence, this article will discuss the stance taken by university undergraduates, teachers and parents in evaluating Malay folk literature in early childhood education to be used as big books. The data collated and analyzed were taken from 941 respondents comprising 347 graduates, 299 teachers and 295 parents. Results of the study indicated that Malay folk literature can be absorbed into teaching and learning for early childhood with a mean of 4.12 while it can be big books with mean of 4.02. Meanwhile the highest mean value required for placing Malay folk literature genre as big books in early childhood education rests on exemplary stories and animal fables with mean values of 4.22 and 4.19 respectively. The lowest mean value of 3.45 is given to lipurlara stories. The oneway ANOVA analysis has been concluded and has revealed a significant relationship between the graduates, teachers and parents with all the items for the teaching and learning of Malay folk literature or the items for the contents of the big book in early childhood education.
This study investigates the mediator role of attachment avoidance and the moderator role of rejec... more This study investigates the mediator role of attachment avoidance and the moderator role of rejection sensitivity on the links between life satisfaction and psychological capital (PsyCap). This study uses the Experiences in Close Relationship Scale, Rejection Sensitive Scale, Positive Psychological Capital Scale, and Life Satisfaction Scale among 999 Chinese young adults as subjects. The results presented that life satisfaction had a significant positive predictive effect on PsyCap. Mediation analysis of this study shows that attachment avoidance mediated the association between life satisfaction and PsyCap. Furthermore, moderated mediation analysis indicated that rejection sensitivity moderates the link between life satisfaction and attachment avoidance (first-stage moderation). Compared with individuals with low rejection sensitivity, individuals with high rejection sensitivity show more attachment avoidance under low life satisfaction. This study helps understand the relationship between life satisfaction and PsyCap from the perspective of rejection sensitivity theory and attachment theory and has implications for guiding college students toward strengthening PsyCap and weakening rejection sensitivity.
The objective of this report is to present a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) that seeks to formulate... more The objective of this report is to present a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) that seeks to formulate recommendations to improve on a school-based intervention programme to combat obesity in Malaysia schools. The intervention program is made up of three components, namely Small Sided Game (SSG), Psychology and Nutrition. The FGD is carried out after 6 months intervention in three different groups consist of teachers, primary students and secondary students. For each session 7-10 participants will be selected randomly representing the groups. The discussion demonstrates that co-curriculum activities in the school, teachers, parents, peers, facilitators who conduct the activities and participants' determination in losing weight play a vital role during the intervention. In general, the aspect that affects the involvement of teachers is time consuming during the intervention programme. Teachers are burdened with teaching work load but in contracts the students are happy with the SSG components and they believe that the intervention can reduce their weight. For the psychology component the students prefer to have more outside classroom activities and for nutrition more on hand-on activities. The findings have provided significant outputs to the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education in helping obese children to live healthier and achieve well-being in their diary life. However, the intervention programme to combat obesity will be sustainable at school if extra human resources who are well-trained with three component of the programme are placed at schools.
In order to explore the effect of gratitude diary intervention on depression, 156 female college ... more In order to explore the effect of gratitude diary intervention on depression, 156 female college students participated in a one-month intervention of gratitude diary experiment. Using Beck Depression Rating Scale and Gratitude Questionnaire to assess the degree of gratitude tendency and deceptive emotion. The results showed that keeping a gratitude diary can significantly improve students' gratitude level (t (305) =-3.94, p < 0.001, d = 0.45) and reduce their depression (t (305) = 2.06, p < 0.05, d = 0.24). Further Chi-square tests showed that gratitude diary significantly reduced the number of subjects with mild depression (χ 2 (1) = 3.97, p < 0.05, w = 0.14), but not moderate to severe depression (χ 2 (1) = 2.36, p > 0.05). At the same time, one week after the pos-intervention, there was no significant difference in the level of gratitude (t (297) = 0.24, p > 0.05) and depression (t (297) = 1.23, p > 0.05), indicating that the intervention effect of gratitude diary can be sustained. Therefore, it can prevent depression and maintain students' mental health by guiding students to keep a gratitude diary or recall grateful things.
International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Unconditional self-acceptance (USA) is important for mental health. Studies reported that univers... more Unconditional self-acceptance (USA) is important for mental health. Studies reported that university students would develop the USA when they feel socially supported, included, and matter. Nevertheless, those factors are dependent on social feedbacks. Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak is, they had to follow the social distancing protocols and interact online with each other. This change might have altered the way they perceive the social support and mattering. It is hypothesized that these alterations predicted their USA through their perceived social support (PSS) and the sense of social inclusion (state self-esteem). To test the hypothesis, 214 young adults (85 men, 129 women), aged between 18 to 25 (M=22.80, SD=1.92) were asked to complete a demographic form and the scales of each variable. Students from University X, Malaysia were chosen as the population as they studied fully online when we started this study; unfortunately, the university went back to physical study before we mana...
International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Pre-pandemic studies had established that human resilience is mainly based on the social feedback... more Pre-pandemic studies had established that human resilience is mainly based on the social feedback that enables the formation of one’s perceived social support (PSS). In the Malaysian context, the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) amidst the pandemic altered the social interaction pattern. The shift had involved more dependence on online communication (i.e., social media). Therefore, the way PSS plays its role in predicting resilience could have been affected. Due to the reason mentioned above and the reports that Malaysians tend to increase their levels of spirituality during the MCO, we hypothesized that the sense of being empowered fully mediates the contribution of PSS on resilience while moderated by the levels of spirituality. Four hundred and five adults who reside in Malaysia during the MCO 2 were recruited to respond to scales of PSS, spirituality, empowerment, and resilience through the online survey. Our results suggested that the sense of empowerment signifi...
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2022
This research explored the relationship between religiosity, emotional intelligence, and academic... more This research explored the relationship between religiosity, emotional intelligence, and academic achievement among Malaysian university students. A total of 300 participants were selected via the convenience sampling method. Data was collected through an online survey platform wherein the questionnaires were transcribed into Google Form and distributed virtually. Participants answered two questionnaires namely the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) and Centrality of Religiosity Scale to measure their level of emotional intelligence (EQ) and religiosity respectively. The data were then analysed using Pearson’s Correlation and Multiple Regression. Emotional intelligence is vital as it acts as a catalyst in self-motivation towards attaining a better grade. The findings indicate that religiosity has a positive correlation with EQ and academic achievement. Overall, religiosity encourages one to strive for the better and this relates with academic achievement whereby...
Muallim Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Apr 2, 2022
There is an imbalance of religiosity when developing leadership among university students. This r... more There is an imbalance of religiosity when developing leadership among university students. This research examined the effect of religiosity on the trend of leadership among students. The study used stratified random sampling to select 292 students. The sample age ranged between 19-25 years. Three instruments were used Centrality of Religiosity Scale. The data analysis involved was the Structural Equation Model, SPSS AMOS-26. The results indicated that religiosity contributed significantly to the prediction of leadership attitude. The results corroborated the findings shows that religiosity correlated with leadership education and that it explained some of the leading education. Based on the findings, it was suggested that universities should endeavour to teach rudiments of religiosity model to the students to improve attitudes of leadership, and university counsellors and psychologists should develop programmes to foster emotional intelligence and religiosity.
School experiences, family bonding and self-concept had always been a crucial factor in influenci... more School experiences, family bonding and self-concept had always been a crucial factor in influencing all aspects of a student-s development. The purpose of this study is to develop and to validate a priori model of self-concept among students. The study was tested empirically using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to validate the structural model. To address these concerns, 1167 students were randomly selected and utilized the Cognitive Psycho-Social University of Malaya instrument (2009).Resulted demonstrated there is indirect effect from family bonding to self-concept through school experiences among secondary school students as a mediator. Besides school experiences, there is a direct effect from family bonding to self-concept and family bonding to school experiences among students.
This paper examines the students' self-concept among 16- and 17- year- old adolescents in Mal... more This paper examines the students' self-concept among 16- and 17- year- old adolescents in Malaysian secondary schools. Previous studies have shown that positive self-concept played an important role in student adjustment and academic performance during schooling. This study attempts to investigate the factors influencing students' perceptions toward their own self-concept. A total of 1168 students participated in the survey. This study utilized the CoPs (UM) instrument to measure self-concept. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed three factors: academic selfconcept, physical self-concept and social self-concept. This study confirmed that students perceived certain internal context factors, and revealed that external context factor also have an impact on their self-concept.
Malay Folk Literature in early childhood education served as an important agent in child developm... more Malay Folk Literature in early childhood education served as an important agent in child development that involved emotional, thinking and language aspects. Up to this moment not much research has been carried out in Malaysia particularly in the teaching and learning aspects nor has there been an effort to publish "big books." Hence this article will discuss the stance taken by university undergraduate students, teachers and parents in evaluating Malay Folk Literature in early childhood education to be used as big books. The data collated and analyzed were taken from 646 respondents comprising 347 undergraduates and 299 teachers. Results of the study indicated that Malay Folk Literature can be absorbed into teaching and learning for early childhood with a mean of 4.25 while it can be in big books with a mean of 4.14. Meanwhile the highest mean value required for placing Malay Folk Literature genre as big books in early childhood education rests on exemplary stories for und...
School homework has been synonymous with students- life in Chinese national type primary schools ... more School homework has been synonymous with students- life in Chinese national type primary schools in Malaysia. Although many reports in the press claimed that students were burdened with too much of it, homework continues to be a common practice in national type schools that is believed to contribute to academic achievement. This study is conducted to identify the relationship between the burden of school homework and academic achievement among pupils in Chinese National Type Primary School in the state of Perak, Malaysia. A total of 284 students (142 from urban and 142 from rural) respectively were chosen as participants in this study. Variables of gender and location (urban/rural areas) has shown significant difference in student academic achievement. Female Chinese student from rural areas showed a higher mean score than males from urban area. Therefore, the Chinese language teachers should give appropriate and relevant homework to primary school students to achieve good academic ...
This study aimed to investigate the usage of behavioural cognitive approach in group counselling ... more This study aimed to investigate the usage of behavioural cognitive approach in group counselling on social anxiety among adolescents in Malaysia. This study also identified social anxiety sympthoms and social situations that cause anxiety among them. A total of 72 secondary school students of one of the secondary schools in Terengganu participated in this experiment study. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA test. Results revealed that there was a significant difference in the mean score of Social Anxiety Scale for Adolesence – SAS-A in the post test between the control and treatment group, F(1,70) =1.068, p<.05. This indicates that the cognitive behavioural approach in group counseling has found to be effective in reducing social anxiety among adolescents in group counseling. It was also found that the sympthoms that cause social anxiety are the feelings of having a rapid heart beat, difficulty in giving attention, the feeling of getting cold, and empty mind...
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