Jamiah H. Manap

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | ukm · School of Psychology & Human Development Studies

Background: In Asian countries, human trafficking is often encountered as forced labor, forced marriage, sex trafficking, men, women, and children exploitation. This review points out how human trafficking activities are prevalent in Asian countries and also reveals different causes that are the basis of increasingly human trafficking in Asian coun...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes toward death among older adults in Malaysia's Klang Valley and to identify the social factors that influence these attitudes. Theoretical framework: The study was based on the theoretical framework that death attitudes can have a significant impact on the physical and mental health of...

Gaya hidup sihat menyumbang kepada kesihatan dan kualiti hidup remaja. Remaja merupakan fasa kemuncak kekuatan fizikal manusia. Hal ini mengakibatkan sebahagian remaja tidak peka terhadap kesihatan diri mereka terutamanya dalam aspek gaya hidup sihat. Sehubungan itu, kajian dilaksanakan menggunakan pendekatan kajian kuantitatif untuk mengenalpasti...

Media literacy encompasses the practices that allow people to access, critically evaluate, and create or manipulate media. Media literacy has been defined differently in past studies, and it can be applied in traditional (print media, television, radio) and new media (Internet, video games, mobile telephony). There is a various study about media li...

Background: In Asian countries, human trafficking is often encountered as forced labor, forced marriage, sex trafficking, men, women, and children exploitation. This review points out how human trafficking activities are prevalent in Asian countries and also reveals different causes that are the basis of increasingly human trafficking in Asian coun...

Measuring the factors that underlie adolescent connectedness has become a prominent focused issue in past studies across many disciplines. Thus far, the Hemingway: Measure of Adolescent Connectedness (HMAC) is the first research-based measure of adolescent’s relationship and sense of belonging with other people and their surroundings. The current s...

Background: In Asian countries, human trafficking is often encountered as forced labor, forced marriage, sex trafficking, men, women, and children exploitation. This review points out how human trafficking activities are prevalent in Asian countries and also reveals different causes that are the basis of increasingly human trafficking in Asian coun...

Background & Purpose This study aims to consolidate expert views and validated 371 items for developing spiritual intelligence instrument for Muslim nurses guided by the Spiritual Intelligence Model for Human Excellence (SIMHE). Methods A Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) was used to validate these items and analyzed with Triangular Fuzzy Numbers and Defu...

Belia berisiko merupakan golongan yang mudah terdedah kepada permasalahan sosial yang semakin meningkat dari semasa ke semasa. Memahami belia berisiko merupakan mekanisma yang sangat signifikan terhadap usaha pembangunan belia positif. Fenemona masalah sosial yang semakin kompleks dalam konteks media baharu, lebih mencabar terutamanya pihak bertang...

Hyper sexuality is not a new phenomenon of social deviant. This problem is even more serious when there are many apps and social media facilities with a variety of functions and features that allowed users to engage in online sexual activity. This misbehaviour causes users to experience excessive sexual addiction that leads to hyper cyber sexual pr...

Protective and risk factors are important in reducing vulnerability towards drug abuse among adolescents. This study, therefore, aims to explore gender differences in such vulnerability in high-risk areas identified by the National Anti-Drugs Agency Malaysia. The study employs a survey design, with questionnaires distributed to 213 adolescents who...

The ethical and social dilemmas now faced by on a global basis by individual countries are becoming more and more complex. Especially worrying is the escalation in instances of malpractice, misconduct and corruption among public civil servants, and Malaysia is no exception irrespective of age, race or religion. This study therefore sets out to exam...

This article proposes a conceptual framework for measuring the spiritual intelligence of Muslim nurses in a pioneer of ibadah friendly hospital in Malaysia. This paper describes relevant theories and models of spiritual intelligence. It also explains the spiritual intelligence in nursing and spiritual intelligence measurement. The instrument develo...

Poverty spread among urban communities has negatively impacted the development of education among youth in Malaysia. The impact of poverty is inherited from generation to generation have been producing to those who are pursuing their studies at tertiary level beyond the normal time line, which is after graduation from formal secondary schooling. Th...

Disabled people often argued to have a lower socio-economic level than non-disabled as a result of low access to health, transport, education, employment and information, especially in developing countries such as Malaysia. To overcome these employment challenges, disabled people especially youth with physical disabilities, should be encouraged to...

In general, poverty the world over has left a great negative impact on the development of society, particularly in urban areas. Multidimensional characteristic of poverty in urban areas has led to the existence of the poor amongst children, consequently, contributing to the issue of child labour. A study was conducted to identify the cause and effe...

Radio broadcasting is a mainstream mass media and important for nation building. In the era of globalization, new media has dominated the communication landscape in Malaysia. Thus, to what extent is radio broadcasting relevant to the Z Generation? This research aims to determine the Z Generation’s interest in radio broadcasts, and the influencing f...

Perubahan drastik yang berlaku dalam sesebuah institusi kekeluargaan selepas penceraian memberikan pelbagai impak negatif kepada ibu tunggal. Bebanan tanggungjawab yang lebih besar terpaksa ditanggung demi kelangsungan hidup bersama anak-anak yang ditinggalkan oleh bekas suami. Kos sara hidup yang semakin meningkat dan kekangan kewangan yang dihada...

Abstrak Kursus Pembangunan Belia (SKPM 2023) mulai dibuka kepada semua pelajar UKM pada tahun 2012 dan dijadikan kursus CITRA rentas ilmu pada tahun 2013. Pelbagai kaedah P&P digunakan untuk memastikan pelajar yang terdiri daripada generasi Y dan Z dapat menghayati dan menguasai kursus ini dengan baik. Satu daripada pendekatan P&P yang digunakan ad...

Abstrak: Isu kesejahteraan psikologi dalam kalangan ibu tunggal seharusnya tidak dipandang mudah. Ini kerana ibu tunggal turut menyumbang kepada peningkatan jumlah golongan yang kurang berkemampuan dan memerlukan bantuan serta sokongan untuk meneruskan kehidupan. Pelbagai cabaran yang dihadapi oleh ibu tunggal secara tidak langsung telah menjejaska...

Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) has been used widely throughout the world as an instrument to measure the self-compassionate concept among adolescents and adults. However, within the context of Malaysia this instrument is relatively new and published work on this construct is limited. This study was therefore conducted to measure the psychometric prope...

Communication gadgets are vastly used by teenagers today. To what extent does communication technology affect teenagers? Thus, a qualitative study that utilized a phenomenological approach was implemented to understand the phenomena. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview with 10 teenagers in Segamat, Johor. This research found tha...

Keibubapaan merupakan tugas yang mencabar terutamanya dalam kalangan keluarga dwikerjaya (pasangan suami isteri bekerja), keluarga komuter (keluarga yang tinggal berjauhan) dan keluarga induk tunggal (keluarga yang hanya mempunyai ibu atau bapa sahaja). Kegagalan ibu bapa menguruskan stres dengan baik boleh membawa kepada penyakit mental, penderaan...

Di Malaysia, perkhidmatan rumah perlindungan kepada ibu tanpa nikah telah bermula kira-kira 55 tahun yang lalu (Saim, Dufaker, Erisson dan Ghazinour, 2013). Walau bagaimanapun sehingga kini masih tidak ada tatacara atau prosedur yang dipiawaikan yang boleh diguna untuk mengurus ibu tanpa nikah di institusi-institusi berkaitan. Adalah sesuatu yang n...

Isu kesejahteraan psikologi dalam kalangan ibu tunggal seharusnya tidak dipandang mudah. Ini kerana ibu tunggal turut menyumbang kepada peningkatan jumlah golongan yang kurang berkemampuan dan memerlukan bantuan serta sokongan untuk meneruskan kehidupan. Pelbagai cabaran yang dihadapi oleh ibu tunggal secara tidak langsung telah menjejaskan kesejah...

Pemerkasaan komuniti di Malaysia memasuki satu era baru. Pelbagai isu dan cabaran seemasa yang wujud memerlukan pendekatan yang inovatif, kreatif dan pelbagai. Sehubungan itu, buku ini menghimpunkan pelbagai perspektif dalam pembangunan dan pemerkasaan komuniti.

Communication is an essential tool for successful family functioning. Communication in the family is very important as it allows members to express their needs, wants, concerns and loves. Effective communication creates an atmosphere that allows family members to express their differences as well as love and admiration for one another. Love is the...

The research aim to explore the Muslim mother's approaches in nurturing Islamic values in family via the child self-discipline. A series of semi structured interview, document analysis and observation were implement to answer the research question using Grounded Theory approach in qualitative research method. Result found eight main emerging themes...

Abstract To receive support is crucial among youth in order for them to achieve success in life as it could hinder social exclusion, especially for at-risk young people. Empowering the potentials of at-risk youth through the support of external protective factors may enhance and optimise their potency. This study explores the role of external prote...

102 words) Human education begins at home via effective parenting. Therefore, one simple question arise: what are the principles of successful Muslim parenting in Malaysia? Thus, the research aims to explore the principles of parenting from the Muslim family perspectives using grounded theory approach in qualitative research design. Rich data from...

Human education begins at home via effective parenting. Therefore, one simple question arise: what are the principles of successful Muslim parenting in Malaysia? Thus, the research aims to explore the principles of parenting from the Muslim family perspectives using grounded theory approach in qualitative research design. Rich data from the intervi...

ABSTRAK Media sosial menjadi medium utama untuk berkomunikasi pada masa kini. Kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk meneroka penggunaan media sosial dan implikasinya terhadap remaja generasi Z di Malaysia. Kajian kuantitatif ini dilakukan melalui pengedaran borang selidik terhadap 750

ABSTRAK Kehadiran elemen pelindung dalam proses perkembangan diri belia menyumbang kepada pembangunan belia yang positif. Salah satu elemen pelindung yang menyumbang kepada pembinaan daya tahan belia dan sering dibincangkan dalam kebanyakan kajian lepas ialah hubungan perapatan dalam institusi kekeluargaan. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mem...

Modul Kesukarelawan dan Tanggungjawab Sosial Korporat adalah direka khas untuk pelajar-pelajar yang komited menjalankan kerja-kerja sukarela (voluntary work) dengan penglibatan mana-mana pihak korporat atau badan bukan kerajaan bagi membantu kumpulan sasaran yang memerlukan bantuan kebajikan. Modul ini dilengkapkan dengan kemahiran/ topik/ aktiviti...

Parenting skills is the basis of effective education and human potential development in family. Early education which begins at home is like stonework more impressive and everlasting. This is then followed by continuous guidance during adolescent and adulthood from the parents. Meanwhile, Imam al-Ghazali is a Muslim scholar which also discusses cer...

Needle and Syringe Exchange Program (NSEP) is one of the HIV/AIDS harm reduction intervention carried out specifically for the hard core drug addicts to come public for free clean syringe exchange without offense. NSEP in Malaysia is a collaborative effort by the National AIDS Taskforce, which involves agencies as the Ministry of Health (MOH), Roya...

Malaysia is a collective society that places emphasis on unity and a sense of belonging to the family. This article sets out the role played by families with disabled children, especially how family impacts on the lives of these children in relation to their disability experiences. Thirty-three Malaysian women with physical impairments were intervi...

Knowledge leadership is pertinent for human capital development and nation building. Women as a pillar of the society should play pivotal role in developing knowledge society or the culture of knowledge in the society. Thus, this qualitative research was done by using a grounded theory approach to develop a model on knowledge leadership in the fami...

Sebagai sebuah negara pascakolonial yang sedang membangun, Malaysia telah mengalami transformasi dan penambahbaikan dalam perkhidmatan kepada Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) semenjak zaman sebelum merdeka. Walaupun kerajaan telah membangunkan dasar, polisi dan kemudahan untuk OKU, sehingga kini masih ramai daripada mereka tidak dapat menyertai masyarakat...

There is a growing relationship between social capital and disaster. This article draws conceptual framework and linkage between these two components. Social capital includes social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness which are highly important to speed up disaster preparedness and recovery. An individual's preparedness is rec...

Some researchers find that learning intervention can stimulate learning motivation and performance through classroom characteristic. Ironically, research assessing classroom characteristic that can be used as potential learning intervention have received little attention especially among Malaysian undergraduates. Hence, the aim of this study is to...

Love and compassion are two of the most persuasive emotional attachments in the family. Mothers' true love empowers children's survival in the world and hereafter. Thus, this research aims to understand on how the Malaysian award winners for exemplary mothers category (Ibu Mithālī) show their love and mercy to their children in order to develop par...

Integriti tunjang keunggulan ummah. Sehubungan itu, pembudayaan integriti dalam keluarga, komuniti dan organisasi adalah satu keperluan dalam kerangka pengukuhan negara bangsa. Pembentukan dan pembangunan integriti adalah satu proses yang berterusan. Ia bermula dengan pendidikan di rumah, disusuli dengan pengukuhan integriti di sekolah dan institus...

Ibu Mithālī is a national award bestowed to the best mothers in Malaysia. Research is conducted using Grounded Theory in qualitative research paradigm to explore their professional virtues as the role model to their children. Rich data are collected using semi-structured interviews, document analysis and observations. The research has discovered si...

Marriage is the starting point of family life cycle and the purpose of marriage affects the whole marital life. This study was conducted to explore the purpose of marriage among youth in Malaysia. Data was collected from 10 university students who consented to in-depth interviews. Besides, data was also gathered from the lists of purposes for marri...

Muslim religiosity and personality measurement is a growing need in the study of human development and psychology. The question is, can Muslim religiosity and personality be measured? If so, what are the basic principles to ensure that such a measurement is aligned with Islamic teachings and able to measure the attributes that we want to measure? T...

Komunikasi berkesan membentuk keluarga yang cemerlang dan berfungsi. Justeru, komunikasi keibubapaan dalam keluarga Ibu Mithali dikaji menggunakan pendekatan Grounded Theory. Data dikumpulkan melalui siri temuramah bersama penerima anugerah Ibu Mithali di peringkat kebangsaan serta anak-anak mereka. Data juga didapati melalui pemerhatian dan analis...

This study aims to determine the level of youth involvement in social problems in low-cost housing areas. In addition, this study aims to determine the relationship between parental behavior, cognition and perception of internal factors and individual characteristics of the environment with the involvement of youth in social problems. Quantitative...

Despite strong evidence of regional differences in religiosity levels in the U.S. (Stump 1986; Chalfant and Heller 1991), attempts to compare these findings with those of populations outside the U.S., and with non-Christian adherents, have been scant. Among Muslims and Muslim countries in particular, little known research has been conducted looking...

Despite strong evidence of regional differences in religiosity levels in the U.S. (Stump 1986; Chalfant and Heller 1991), attempts to compare these findings with those of populations outside the U.S., and with non-Christian adherents, have been scant. Among Muslims and Muslim countries in particular little known research has been conducted looking...

ABSTRAK Staf berintegriti tinggi merupakan aset utama organisasi. Bagaimanapun, bilangan alat ukuran integriti dalam konteks budaya Malaysia masih terhad. Sehubungan itu, Inventori Nilai Integriti (InNI) dibangunkan oleh sekumpulan penyelidik daripada Universiti Putra Malaysia untuk mengukur nilai integriti individu. Sejumlah tiga orang arbiter yan...