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A Bilingual Identity-oriented Taxonomy of Nonlinear Dynamic Motivational Strategies
Get PDFTo fill the gap of a comprehensive taxonomic framework that includes language and identity-related concepts, a taxonomy of bilingual identities was arranged at psychological, social and cultural levels drawing on Schelling’s Theory of Symbolic Language. The proposed taxonomy enables addressing nonlinearity and dynamicity of L2 motivation by utilizing nonlinear dynamic motivational strategies. Addressing the psychological, social, and cultural dimensions of L2 motivation from a bilingual perspective enables L2 teachers to keep the identified motivational factors in motion regardless of their homogeneity or heterogeneity throughout the learning-teaching process. Addressing the diverse nature of individual learner differences without pushing the learner group toward equal and static performance despite the motivational heterogeneity at the cost of forming a cohesive learner group is the main theoretical implication of the study
Psychological Capital Scale: A Study on the Psychometric Properties of Employees in Malaysia
Get PDFSince its inception in 2007, psychological capital has been gaining more and more attention. Nonetheless, zero studies had been done on the psychometric properties of the 24-item Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) in Malaysia. Therefore, the present study examined the reliability and validity of the questionnaire. A total of 420 Malaysian government employees participated in this study. Findings revealed that the PCQ demonstrated a satisfactory level of psychometric properties in Malaysia after five items were excluded. Hence, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) could be used for Malaysian employees to discover positive contributions to psychological capital in the Malaysian workplace setting.Â
Retraction Notice to “The Role of Positive Emotion as a Mediator between Psychological Capital and Work Engagement†[Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology, 2019, 8(2), 85-104]
Get PDFAbstractFollowing a rigorous, carefully concerns and considered review of the article publishedin theJournal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology to article entitled “The Role of Positive Emotion as a Mediator between Psychological Capital and Work Engagement†[Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology 2019 8 (2) 85 - 104] DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12928/jehcp.v8i2.12563. This paper has been found to be in violation of the Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology Publication principles and has been retracted. This article has been retracted at the request of the Supervisor of the author, Nerinda Rizky Firdaus (Airlangga University Indonesia), because the author didn't communicate with him to publish the research work in this journal and didn't write his name on the article as responsible to teamwork effort. This practice is count as the unethical publication of the Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology
Outdoor Motivational Training and Discussion to Improve Adolescents’ Knowledge and Attitudes towards Smoking
Get PDFAbstractThe prevalence of smoking among adolescents is relatively high and continues to increase. Providing information or knowledge about the dangers of smoking and encouragement to quit smoking is necessary. Discussion and outbound methods are expected to improve knowledge and attitudes towards smoking. This study aimed to identify the improvement in knowledge and attitudes towards smoking following discussion and outbound activities. This was a quasi-experimental study with a total of 30 subjects aged 12-25 years old recruited using the consecutive method. Subjects were requested to complete a pre-test and post-test about their knowledge of smoking as well as an attitude questionnaire after participating in a discussion and outbound (outdoor motivational training). The paired T-test or Wilcoxon test was employed in the statistical analysis (95% confidence level, α = 0.05). A total of 11 adolescents were smokers (36.7%). The knowledge pre-test and post-test scores were 70.83±13.47 and 75.21±16.37 (p=0.063), while those for attitudes were 77.73±11.26 and 78.4±10.35 (p=0.674), respectively. To conclude, there was no improvement in the knowledge or attitudes towards smoking after the knowledge transferred through discussion and outbound.Keywords: Outdoor motivational training, smoking, discussion, knowledge, attitude
Psychological Well-being Family Affected by Tidal Flood in Pekalongan City
Get PDFTidal floods affect the surrounding community not only on social, economic, environmental aspects, but also psychological aspects. This phenomenon becomes very important for families in achieving psychological well-being. The purpose of this study was to analyze the psychological well-being of families affected by tidal flooding. Quantitative methods was used in this research with cross sectional study approaches. A total of 84 respondents were taken by purposive sampling. Spearman Rank and Kruskal Wallis correlations was used for data analysis. The result showed that the psychological well-being of respondents averaged 159 197.39 with the lowest value and the highest value of 228. The Kruskal Wallis test results obtained Ï: 0.340> 0.05, meaning that there is no difference in psychological well-being in the three villages. The psychological well-being of families affected by tidal floods is in the low category, so it needs guidance, and cooperation between related institutions in handling psychological aspects
Psychological Wellbeing in Cervical and Breast Cancer Survivors: Differences in Each Stage of Survivorship
Get PDFBeing diagnosed with cancer in some females results in impaired psychological wellbeing (PWB). This study aimed to compare and analyze the PWB between cervical and breast cancer survivors (CCS and BCS) especially in each stage of survivorship. This cross-sectional study involved 47 CCS and 58 BCS (n=105) from three districts in Surabaya, Indonesia. QOL-CS was used for collecting data. Independent sample T test, one way ANOVA test, and linear regression test were used in data analysis (α<0.05). Results showed that most respondents had sufficient PWB. PWB between cases and survivorship stages was not significantly different (p=0.067 overall, p=0.425 in CCS, and p=0.135 in BCS). In CCS, appearances and self-concept were significantly changing over time (p=0.032 and p=0.007 respectively); meanwhile in BCS, life acceptance, happiness, memory/concentration, and usefulness were continuously changed (p=0.044, p=0.019, p=0.020, and p=0.018 respectively). Appearances were the best predictor of PWB in both cases (p=0.000), but it gave more influences in BCS than CCS (52.6% vs. 29.7%).Keywords: breast cancer, cancer, cancer survivorship, cervical cancer, psychological wellbein
The Effectiveness of Couple Therapy Based on Acceptance and Commitment on the Quality of Marital Relationship and Adjustment
Get PDFThe aim of the current study is to investigate the effectiveness of couple therapy based on commitment and acceptance on the quality of marital relationships and adjustment of the couples of Bushehr. The statistical population of the current study includes all the couples, referring to the family consultation clinics in Bushehr in 2018. Using convenient sampling, 40 couples, referring to the consultation Aramesh clinic, Baran clinic, Mehr clinic in November and December, were randomly chosen and were appointed in two groups (20 in experimental groups and 20 in control group). The obtained data from the study were analyzed using covariance statistical analysis. The results indicated the effectiveness of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment on the quality of marital relationship of the couples. It has been also effective on the permission of marital relationship, their satisfaction with marital relationship and tendency for marital relationship.Keywords: couple therapy based on commitment and acceptance, the quality of marital relationships, marital adjustment.Â
Measuring Career Well-Being on Working Mothers: Adaptation of Well-Being at Work Scale
Get PDFAbstract This research aimed to conduct the adaptation and validation of the Well-Being at Work Scale (WBWS) in order to ready it for implementation as the instrument to measure career well-being on working mothers as respondents in Indonesia. The career well-being approach was based on the concept of general well-being which included affective and cognitive components. The respondents were mothers working full-time in the formal sector and had fulfilled the requirement of several pre-determined criteria. The collected research data was analyzed with the confirmatory factor analysis in order to obtain instrument reliability and validity. Based on the analysis, results were obtained that the WBWS model adaptated had fulfilled the goodness-of-fit criteria, meaning that there was compatibility between the developed model and the empirical data. Furthermore, this research was hoped to provide contribution in the measurement and development of research of career well-being on working mothers.Â
Dowry-Related Aggression and Mental Health Concomitants among Educated Women in Pakistan
Get PDFAbstract The aim of the study was to investigate victimization from dowry-related aggression and mental health concomitants in a sample of educated women in Pakistan. A questionnaire was completed by 569 women. The mean age was 31.4 years (SD 9.1). The questionnaire included two scales for measuring dowry-related aggression and four scales for measuring mental health concomitants.  The levels of victimization from dowry-related aggression were relatively low in the sample. Aggression carried out by the husband and the mother-in-law correlated highly with each other. The most common single act by both husbands and mothers-in-law was forcing the wife to give her gold to her mother-in-law or sister-in-law. Women who were more than average victimised from dowry-related aggression had significantly higher scores on anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and somatisation. Aggression carried out by the mother-in-law showed higher predictive power on all four mental health concomitants than aggression by the husband. Somatic symptoms of the daughter-in-law showed the highest association with aggression carried out by the mother-in-law. Victimization from dowry-related aggression was strongly associated with negative mental health outcomes. Aggression carried out by the mother-in-law was more strongly associated with them than aggression carried out by the husband
Effectiveness of Psychosocial-Based Resilience Intervention on Reducing Negative Emotional States among Schizophrenia Caregivers
Get PDFSchizophrenia caregivers are chronically exposed to a high level of negative emotional states such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Many studies have explored the problem among caregivers, but there remains to be limited evidence in the use of psychotherapeutic intervention to reduce schizophrenia caregivers’ psychological adversities. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of psychosocial-based resilience intervention in reducing the negative emotional states of schizophrenia caregivers. The one group pre-post quasi-experimental design was conducted to five participants. Following the six sessions of training and two-weeks of follow-up, participants showed a significant reduction of negative emotional states (p= .007), measured using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Furthermore, dimensions of negative emotional states were also significantly reduced i.e., depression (p= .008), anxiety (p= .015), and stress (p= .016). These results provide evidence that a psychosocial-based resilience program can effectively reduce the negative emotional states of schizophrenia caregivers.Keywords: Resilience, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Family Caregiver, Psychosi