Kaunseling Kelompok Terapi Kognitif dalam Pengurusan Stres dalam kalangan Polis

This article was written to discuss the use ofcognitive therapy group counseling method in stress managementamong police personnel in Malaysia. It also discusses what police stressscenarios, stress factors, stress effects experienced by policemen in their work and lifestyle, and how existing programs have been done to reduce police stress. The results of this paper can give an idea and suggestion to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM)in intervention using cognitivecounseling group interventions as a method that can be applied to high-stresspolice personnel in particular and who experience moderate stress

Stres, kepuasan kerja dan komitmen terhadap organisasi dalam kalangan pegawai polis dan pegawai imigresen di bandaraya Kota Kinabalu Sabah.

Kajian yang dijalankan ini bertujuan mengkaji sumber stres, strategi daya tindak, kepuasan kerja dan komitmen terhadap organisasi dalam kalangan pegawai polis dan pegawai imigresen di Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Secara khususnya, kajian ini dilakukan bagi menjawab beberapa objektif khusus yang telah digariskan iaitu 1) menentukan hubungan antara sumber stres, strategi daya tindak, kepuasan kerja dan komitmen organisasi dalam kalangan pegawai polis dan imigresen, 2) menentukan perbezaan sumber stres, strategi daya tindak, kepuasan kerja dan komitrnen organisasi antara pegawai penguatkuasa yang terlibat dalam operasi membanteras pendatang asing dan bahagian pentadbiran, 3) mengenal pasti perbezaan sumber stres, strategi daya tindak, kepuasan kerja dan komitrnen organisasi berdasarkan jantina, status perkahwinan dan etnik. Data yang telah dikutip telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif yang melaporkan profil demografi responden. Bagi menentukan hubungan antara pembolehubah, analisis korelasi Pearson digunakan. Sementara, ujian-t sampel bebas digunakan bagi mengenal pasti perbezaan sumber stres, strategi daya tindak, kepuasan kerja dan komitrnen organisasi berdasarkan jantina dan status perkahwinan. Akhir sekali, ujian ANOVA Sehala Sampel Bebas digunakan bagi menguji perbezaan stres, kepuasan kerja, strategi daya tindak dan komitrnen organisasi berdasarkan etnik. Kesemua ujian statistik telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan program SPSS for Windows versi 17.0. Seramai 163 pegawai polis dan imigresen telah dijadikan sebagai subjek kajian. Instrumen yang digunakan merupakan satu set soal selidik yang merangkumi bahagian profil demografi, Indikator Stres Pekerjaan (ISP), Job Descriptive Index (JOI) dan Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ). HasH kajian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif yang signifikan antara sumber stres dan strategi daya tindak; hubungan positif yang signifikan antara strategi daya tindak dan komitrnen organisasi; hubungan positif yang signifikan antara kepuasan kerja keseluruhan dan komitmen terhadap organisasi. Selain itu, kajian menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan bagi sumber stres antara kakitangan yang bekerja di bahagian pentadbiran dan kakitangan yang bekerja di bahagian penguatkuasa. Kajian turut mendapati wujud perbezaan kepuasan kerja keseluruhan antara kakitangan di bahagian pentadbiran dan penguatkuasa. Selain itu, kajian menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan bagi komitmen organisasi pekerja yang telah berkahwin dan belum berkahwin. Akhir sekali, kajian menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan bagi strategi daya tindak mengikut etnik. Didapati min strategi daya tindak etnik Melayu Brunei lebih tinggi dicatat berbanding etnik Bajau

Family Characteristics and Social Functioning Associated with Duration and Frequency of Child Sexual Assault

This study reports the sexual abuse of children in Sabah, Malaysia. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between family characteristics and social functioning associated with the duration and frequency of sexual assault on the child survivors. Eighty children who reported sexual assault through a One Stop Crisis Centre in an urban hospital were studied. The main research instrument used was adapted from the Inner Interaction Scale of Social Functioning (IISSF). The results of the study show that there are significant differences in the social functioning of victims according to the frequency of sexual assault, but not according to the duration of assault. That is the social functioning symptoms of achievement and expectation was significantly different according to the frequency of sexual assault. The relationship of the variable’s family characteristics, frequency and duration of sexual assault as well as the social functioning of the victims is important for social workers both to understand and to take note of in intervention work with child sexual assault survivors who report their abuse. The implications of these findings were also discussed in the context of the provision of crisis intervention support for child victims of sexual assault by social workers in Malaysia

Kesan Rawatan Terapi Integratif Terhadap Kemurungan dan Agresif dalam kalangan Banduan Penjara

Tujuan utama kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenal pasti kesan rawatan Terapi Integratif terhadap kemurungan dan agresif dalam kalangan banduan penjara. Terapi Intergratif dalam kajian ini merujuk kepada modul rawatan yang mengandungi empat integrasi teori di dalam suatu proses kaunseling. Ia melibatkan gabungan terapi Person Client Centered (PCC), Rational Emotions Behaviour Therapy (REBT) dan Choice Theory Reality Therapy (CTRT) sebagai teknikal rawatan. Manakala Stimulus Organisme Response (SOR) bertindak sebagai prinsip rawatan atau pembelajaran. Terapi Integratif ini dikendalikan terhadap responden sebanyak enam sesi kaunseling kelompok. Kajian ini juga berbentuk kuasi eksperimen melibatkan 160 orang banduan murung (80 rawatan; 80 kawalan) dan 140 orang banduan agresif (70 rawatan; 70 kawalan) daripada lima buah institusi penjara sebagai responden kajian menggunakan persampelan bertujuan. Banduan ini dikenalpasti sebagai responden berdasarkan cutting point tinggi kemurungan menggunakan alat ukur Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) dan tinggi agresif menggunakan Aggressive Questionaires (AQ). Bagi tujuan analisis data, statistik yang digunakan adalah ujian non-parametrik iaitu Mann-Whitney Test dan Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test berdasarkan analisis Taburan Normal menggunakan ujian Kolmogorov-Smirnov dan Shapiro-Wilk. Hasil kajian melaporkan keputusan Mann-Whitney Test menunjukkan kumpulan rawatan mempunyai kadar penurunan yang lebih tinggi berbanding kumpulan kawalan dalam kemurungan dan agresif. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test juga menunjukkan keputusan yang sama apabila kumpulan rawatan menunjukkan nilai penurun dari pra program kepada pasca program lebih besar berbanding kumpulan kawalan

Family Characteristics and the Coping Behaviour Associatedwith Duration and Frequency of Sexual Assaul

This study reports the sexual abuse of children and their trauma post-assault in Sabah, Malaysia. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between family characteristics and coping behavior associated with the duration and frequency of sexual assault of the child survivors. Eighty children who reported sexual assault through a One Stop Crisis Centre in an urban hospital were studied. The main research instrument used was adapted from the Adolescence Coping Scale. The results of the study show that there are no significant differences in the coping behavior of victims according to the frequency and duration of their sexual abuse. The relationship of the variables family characteristics, frequency, and duration of sexual assault as well as the coping behavior of the victims is important for social workers both to understand and to take note of in intervention work with child sexual assault survivors who report their abuse. The implications of these findings were also discussed in the context of the provision of crisis intervention support for child victims of sexual abuse by social workers

Dimensi Psikososial Persaraan (Psychosocial Dimension of Retirement)

Retirement is a unique phenomenon experienced by an individual who works very formal. One marker of retirement is lost in many aspects, including income, activities, identit themselves and friends as a source of support. For individuals who do not have the preparation, retirement is a burden that can give psychosocial implications not only to him but also to the family and society. Therefore it is necessary that there is a program that can help workers prepare yourself both before and after retireme

Effectiveness of cognitive therapy and behavior therapy treatment moddules intervention in group counseling among stress nurses

This Study was conducted as to explore the effectiveness of the treatment modules in group counseling between the Cognitive Therapy Group Counseling and Behavior Therapy Group Counseling in reducibg stress level among nurses in Woman and Children Hospital in Kota Kinabalu. The Fact, nurses who have joined either treatment have shown some decrease in their stress level. However when comparing between the two (CTGC and BTGC), BTGC showed better results in reducing stress level among nurses in the hospital. Therefore, both CTGC and BTGC are suitable to reduce stress among nurses in the hospital

Effect of trauma distress, trauma dissociative experience and life satisfaction among earthquake victims in Sabah, Malaysia

For years, many researchers have been working on ways of examining the psychological effect of earthquakes among victims who have experienced trauma. The goal of this study is to examine the relationship between trauma distress, associative trauma and life satisfaction among earthquake victims in Ranau, Sabah. A survey was conducted in a sample of 136 students from the Ranau area, 1 month after the earthquake. Demographics were obtained from participants using a self-administered questionnaire, fear and sense of helplessness were assessed with the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI), peritraumatic dissociative experiences were assessed with the Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire (PDEQ) and life satisfaction was assessed with the cantrill’s vertical visual-analogue scale ladder of life satisfaction. The results showed that was a significant negative effect of traumatic distress towards life satisfaction whereas dissociative traumatic experience did not have significant effect on life satisfaction. In addition, there was a significant and positive relationship between trauma distress and dissociative trauma among earthquake victims in Ranau. The findings suggest that concern over earthquake disaster was strongly associated with psychological distress. Reliable, accurate information on earthquake disaster might reduce psychological effects among victims

Keberkesanan kaunseling kelompok terapi integratif terhadap kemurungan dalam kalangan banduan : satu kajian perbandingan antara penjara

Tujuan utama kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenal pasti kesan rawatan Terapi Integratif terhadap kemurungan dalam kalangan banduan penjara. Terapi Intergratif di dalam penulisan ini merujuk kepada modul rawatan yang mengandungi tiga integrasi teori dalam suatu proses kaunseling. Ia melibatkan gabungan terapi Person Client Centered (PCC), Rational Emotions Behaviour Therapy (REBT) dan Reality Therapy (RT). Terapi Integratif ini dikendalikan terhadap responden sebanyak enam sesi kaunseling kelompok. Kajian ini juga berbentuk kuasi eksperimen melibatkan 80 orang banduan murung (40 rawatan; 40 kawalan) daripada lima buah institusi penjara sebagai responden kajian menggunakan persampelan bertujuan. Banduan ini dikenal pasti sebagai responden berdasarkan cutting point tinggi kemurungan menggunakan alat ukur Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Bagi tujuan analisis data, statistik yang digunakan adalah ujian non-parametrik, iaitu Mann-Whitney Test dan Wilcoxon Signed Rank. Hasil kajian melaporkan keputusan Mann-Whitney Test menunjukkan kumpulan rawatan mempunyai kadar penurunan yang lebih tinggi berbanding kumpulan kawalan dalam kemurungan. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test juga menunjukkan keputusan yang sama apabila kumpulan rawatan menunjukkan nilai penurunan dari pra program kepada pasca program lebih besar berbanding kumpulan kawalan

Intervensi life review therapy bagi lanjut usia yang mengalami masalah emosional dan kognitif

Ilmu dan teknologi senantiasa berkembang. Kemajuan ilmu dan teknologi telah memberi pengaruh ke dalam berbagai aspek kehidupan bermasyarakat seperti bidang kesehatan, ekonomi, dan pendidikan. Dalam bidang kesehatan misalnya, kemajuan teknologi pengobatan dan perawatan telah meningkatkan derajat kesehatan manusia yang tercermin dari semakin tingginya angka harapan hidup (life of expectancy). Implikasi dari peningkatan angka harapan hidup ini adalah semakin meningkatnya jumlah kelompok lanjut usia di masyarakat (Atchley, 2000). Pada sisi lain, kemajuan dan perkembangan ilmu dan teknologi juga telah mendorong terjadinya perubahan-perubahan dalam sistem sosial-budaya masyarakat. Perubahan tersebut tercermin pada perubahan pola dan sistem kekeluargaan dari keluarga besar (extended family) kepada keluarga inti (nuclear family). Konsekuensi perubahan ini juga berdampak pada kelompok orang tua yang berusia lanjut. Hal ini disebabkan semua anggota khususnya anak-anak mereka telah membentuk keluarga baru, sehingga tidak jarang orang tua yang diabaikan dan ditelantarkan oleh anak-anak dan kerabat mereka sendiri