Correlates of psychological well-being amongst graduate students in Malaysia

The aim of this study was to examine whether there are differences in psychological well-being among graduate students in terms of demographic profile namely faculty, age, race, number of semesters of study, gender, marital and employment status and family size. Psychological well-being is measured using the Scales of Psychological Well-being with six dimensions including: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relationships with others, purpose and self-acceptance. A total of 534 graduate students (155 males and 379 females) were randomly selected in one Malaysian university. Data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA, and independent t-test. The finding of this study revealed significant differences in overall psychological well-being in terms of different faculties, ages, semesters of study, genders, marital status. As for differences in overall psychological well-being, it was established that there is significant differences in personal growth and positive relationship between students of different semesters of study. In addition, the result indicated that there is significant positive relationship among different semesters of study, ages, genders, and marital status. Significant difference in purpose in life was found for students of different gender and marital status. Moreover, this study showed that marital and employment status have a significant difference in autonomy while, the marital status showed positive and significant difference for overall psychological well-being, positive relationship, purpose in life, and self-acceptance. However, there are no significant differences in psychological well-being of graduate students across different races and family sizes

Cognitive emotion regulation types among Malaysian graduates

This study aims to discern the convergent and discriminate validity of cognitive emotion regulation and to make a comparison of cognitive emotion regulation based on demographic profile of graduate students. A total number of 534 graduate students of age from 19 to 45 years were surveyed in Universiti Putra Malaysia. The convergent and discriminant validity analysis using Stats Tools Package revealed that there are high cognitive emotion regulation strategies among Malaysian graduate students. The descriptive analysis showed that the mean score was highest for positive reappraisal, followed by planning. The ANOVA test showed a significant difference in reappraisal strategy between students from different faculties. Similarly, the ANOVA test showed that there was a significant difference between planning and acceptance strategies among students of different races. The ANOVA further revealed the significant differences in self-blame, other-blame, and rumination strategies among different age groups. The independent t-test also revealed that there were significant differences in self-blame, other-blame, catastrophysing, and putting into perspective between males and females. However, the analysis showed no significant differences in cognitive emotion regulation strategies based on the semester, family size, marital and employment status between graduates

Identifying Workplace Lactation Room Design Gaps

Exclusive breastfeeding among employed mothers in Malaysia remains low despite numerous health benefits to mothers and children. Inadequate provision of a lactation room at the workplace contributed to the low rate of exclusive breastfeeding among working mothers. The objective of this paper is to identify the design gaps in the lactation room at the workplace in Selangor. The results suggest that adopting the first step of the user-centred design (UCD) method enables the identification of design gaps in the lactation room: location, room size, allocation of table and chair, milk storage, sink, and additional storage facilities. Keywords: breastfeeding, working mothers, lactation room, user-centred design eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.312

The influence of social intelligence of secondary school teachers on classroom discipline strategies

The purpose of this study is to analyze the level of social intelligence among teachers employed in government secondary schools based on a selected demographic variable. The sample of the study comprised 203 teachers. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant difference among the teachers from (Malaysia, India and China) and their social intelligence. The study also revealed that there were significant differences between teachers with high and moderate level of social intelligence in five strategies of classroom discipline used, that is, teachers with high level of social intelligence scored higher in the classroom discipline strategies of discussion, recognition, involvement, and hinting, whereas teachers with moderate level of social intelligence scored higher in the use of aggression. However, no significant difference was found concerning one strategy of classroom discipline (punishment)

Predictors of psychological well-being among Malaysian graduates

Investigations in the field of psychology have traditionally paid attention to studying mental health problems and their prevention (Kaplan, Shema, & Leite, 2008; Kokko, Korkalainen, Lyyra, & Feldt, 2012). However, a lack of psychological problems is not necessarily an indicator of the psychological well-being of individuals. Therefore, this study is an attempt to investigate the extent to which the components of cognitive emotion regulation, social support, and physical activity influence the psychological well-being of graduate students in a Malaysian university (University Putra Malaysia). A total of 534 graduate students were selected from this university and the sample size was determined by proportional sampling. Data was analyzed using the Structural Equation Model. The findings of the study revealed that the psychological well-being of Malaysian graduate students was significantly influenced by planning, catastrophyzing, significant others' support, reappraisal, other-blame, self-blame, friend support, putting into perspective, acceptance, and walking. Among these, it appeared that planning was the main strategy that influenced the psychological well-being of the Malaysian graduate students in this study

The influence of emotional intelligence of secondary school teachers on classroom discipline strategies

The purpose of the study is to analyze level of emotional intelligence among teachers employed in government secondary schools based on selected demographic variable. The sample of the study comprised 203 teachers. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant difference in the teachers’ races (Malay, Indian and Chinese) and their emotional intelligence. The study also revealed that there were significant differences between teachers with high and moderate level of emotional intelligence in five strategies of classroom discipline used i.e. teachers with high level of emotional intelligence scored higher in the classroom discipline strategies of discussion, recognition, involvement, and hinting, whereas teachers with moderate level of emotional intelligence scored higher in the use of aggression and no significant relationship with one strategy (punishment) of classroom discipline