Pattern of Psychosocial Challenges among Oil and Gas Workers: A systematic review

This paper highlights the patterns of psychosocial challenges confronting O&G workers that result in mental health issues worldwide through a systematic review of notable academic databases. This study integrated multiple research designs, and the review was based on the publication standard, namely RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses (ROSES). Thematic analysis was undertaken, and four emerging themes were identified: 1) demographic factors, 2) personality, 3) psychosocial risks, and 4) health conditions. The findings contributed to several theoretical and practical implications, which are essential for researchers in the O&G field and policymakers. Keywords: psychosocial risks; personality; well-being; oil &gas 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.v7i20.349

Between Patient-Hood And Trust: Interlocking Doctor-Patient Relationship Among Mental Health Care Users In Kedah And Pulau Pinang

The article aims at exploring the trust establishment among patients with depression during their journey to psychiatric patient-hood. This study was undertaken in government hospital involving 29 psychiatric outpatient users in Kedah and Pulau Pinang respectively. Phenomenology study and gender lens employed to scrutinize on the patients’ lived experiences in mental health care, at the same time magnifying the gender differences in perceiving the service. Semi-structured in-depth interview and non-participant observation were the tools used in data collection. The data then explicated with the aid of a qualitative data analysis tool, Atlas.ti., version 7.5. Through the findings, the study identified “Trust” appears critical in the accounts of the patients in shaping the doctor-patient relationship; with at least five interlocking sub-themes describing the health professional’s characteristic while giving the service. The sub-themes include doctor’s integrity, concern, competencies, empathy, and autonomy enabler. There are no gender differences detected in most of the sub-themes, except for doctor’s competency, and integrity. Barriers in language and communicating with patients cultural believe potentially moving away from the patients’ interest elsewhere for help seeking or diminishing the client’s compliance. The findings are consistent with previous studies whereby language and lacking in a cultural competence garner gender stereotype in treatment giving. Thus, trust in this context becomes the enabling or disabling factor for the patient to stay on in the treatment

The financial factors in sustaining financial wellbeing among potential pensioners at UiTM Kedah / Siti Norfazlina Yusoff...[et al.]

The demographic profile of Malaysian is experiencing the major shifts and it has led to a new phenomenon emerged so called aged society. This new phenomenon has spawned into the public sector, as response to situation Malaysian government has taken action by increasing the legal retirement age from 58 to 60 years old. However, this age cohort usually had been perceived as economically non-productive and facing health problems by many, thus this action just provide an immediate form of solution rather a long-term determination. Due to that problem , a proper pension trajectory precautionary measure is significant for public retirees and strong ties of social networks is needed for maintaining their financial dependency. The social networks is important in providing them with a 'sense of belongingness' with others, could help them feel more confidence after getting retired. Therefore, this research will identify the important of pension trajectories for public retirees and how social networks contribute to those people. The study will focus on potential pensioners at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM Kedah}. The sample will be chosen using census study and a set of questionnaire will be created based on the literatures to gain facts and observed variables . The expected outcome of this research is attempted to improve the existing model for pension trajectories precautionary for public retires and intends to provide new insight on relational data which could interpret the financial well-being of individuals. The finding of this research can be further studied by future researchers and academicians in improving financial wellbeing of pensioners thus can lead to better quality of life

Systematic Literature Review of Urban Poor Livelihoods in Malaysia

This paper aims to conduct a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to examine the urban poor livelihood analysis through the lens of Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) in Malaysia. SLA is a widely adopted framework for examining rural livelihoods globally and nationally, however, there are limited studies that have adopted the SLA to examine urban poor household livelihoods. Hence, this paper aims to fill a gap of knowledge on analysing sustainability of urban poor livelihoods in Malaysia. Adopting Transparent Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses method known as PRISMA, the results of SLR revealed significant urban livelihood themes are financial, human, social and physical capitals. These findings help policymakers and local support groups in improving the current policies and to enhance the quality of life of the urban poor. Keywords: urban poor livelihoods, Malaysia, systematic literature review, Sustainable Livelihood Approach. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-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) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.227

Relief for Psychiatric Patients in Malaysia: Results from expert interviews

This study aims to 1) identify and describe agencies’ role in helping psychiatric patients and 2) evaluate whether there is a synergy in building a concrete framework for the patients. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight mental health experts. The data were transcribed, and thematic analysis was performed using NVivo software. Findings revealed that empowering the patients was one of the strategies to assist them. Nevertheless, the multisectoral collaboration did not translate well within the aid networks despite the efforts by the government agencies to bridge their services to the patients. Keywords: Psychiatric Care, Aid Agencies, Integration Strategy, Collaboration Networks eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., U.K. 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.v7i20.344

The relationship between followers' typology, conformity and organizational citizenship behavior / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi … [et al.]

The compositions of followers and the intensity of citizenship behavior in teams have been a research interest of behavioral psychology. Team theory suggested interesting points to begin with; members of a team often think alike in an insight called 'mental model'. This mental model allows flow of communication and smooth continuation of task implementation. The fact is that, this mental model guides most members to think in a similar way and it is an advantage to task success. In order to have a good structure of mental model, teams have to understand each other's behavior, and so does the leaders. This may include understanding the type of followers that they are. Followership is a factor that drives organizational effectiveness. This research entails the relationships between followers' typology, conformity and organizational citizenship behavior. It involved 271 military men from two infantry units in Kedah, Malaysia. Data was collected at individual basis to project their followers' typology, conformity and OCB. Results indicated strong positive relationships between all hypothesized variables

Pembangunan senarai semak untuk mendapatkan data-data sensitif (HSD) dalam penyelidikan / Zurina Md. Nen … [et al.]

Senarai Semak Highly Sensitive Data (HSD) adalah satu hasil inovasi yang dibangunkan sebagai pelengkap dan pemudah car a kepada kaedah penyelidikan sedia ada. Inovasi ini dilakukan khusus untuk membantu penyelidikyang ingin mendapatkan datayang bersifat sensitif terutamanya apabila ia melibatkan privasi kepada individu mahupun organisasi awam ataupun swasta. Pelbagai sebab menjadikan sesuatu data itu sensitif dan berbentuk rahsia kepada umum. Meskipun boleh diperoleh, usaha untuk mendapatkannya amatlah mencabar. Lazimnya, dalam penyelidikan yang melibatkan HSD, golongan penyelidik akan berhadapan dengan cabaran seperti penyaring maklumat dan pelbagai kerenah birokrasi. Proses ini menjadi lebih sukar apabila penyelidik tidak mempunyai pengalaman tentang bagaimana untuk menghadapi cabaran ini. Oleh itu, satu keperluan membangunkan satu senarai semak bagi memudahkan proses ini dilihat penting. Proses membangunkan senarai semak ini telah melalui proses kaji selidik atas talian bagi mendapatkan satu senarai yang menyeluruh. Kaji selidik ringkas yang telah dijalankan membuktikan bahawa proses mendapatkan HSD ini berdepan dengan pelbagai kekangan. Akibatnya, proses yang dianggap sukar dan rumit ini membantutkan minat golongan penyelidik untuk terus meneroka data-data penting seterusnya memberi kesan kepada hasil dapatan penyelidikan. Fakta ini telah menjadi asas kepadapenghasilan Senarai Semak HSD. Atas kesedaran ini, satu senarai semak yang komprehensif meliputi tiga fasa penting dalam mengakses HSD telah didokumenkan. Terdapat tiga objektif senarai semak ini, iaitu: (1) menonjolkan cabaran-cabaran dalam mengakses maklumat yang sensitif; (2) mengenal pasti prosedur-prosedur untuk mendapatkan maklumat ini; dan (3) menyediakan senarai semak untuk membantuprosesproses ini. Oleh itu, diharapkan Senarai Semak HSD ini dapat memberi manfaat kepada para penyelidik dari pelbagai cabang disiplin di institusi pengajian tinggi dan juga pihak industri, terutamanya dalam kalangan penyelidik baharu

Barisan Nasional di ruang maya: Isu-isu Berbangkit di Facebook menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 / Badrul Azmier Mohamed @ Bakar ...[et al.]

Laman sosial Facebook kini menjadi fenomena sejagat yang mempengaruhi kehidupan manusia. Penggunaannya yang meluas, tuntas dan pantas menjadikan ruang ini umpama satu medium untuk merevolusikan cara maklumat disebarkan. Kewujudan Facebook pada asalnya digunakan bagi tujuan sosial kini telah menjangkaui fungsi asasnya. Penggunaannya bukan hanya menjadi ruang untuk berniaga malah turut berperanan sebagai platform untuk berpolitik. Jika keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12 (PRU-12) yang tidak mengejutkan itu didakwa kerana peranan blog, maka Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 mungkin bakal menyaksikan kuasa baru di ruang maya iaitu Facebook dalam menentukan jatuh bangun sesebuah parti dalam persaingan politik di Malaysia. Penubuhan beberapa laman di facebook yang secara terbuka membantah langkah yang diambil oleh parti pemerintah menjelaskan peningkatan peranan politik yang dimainkan oleh laman sosial ‘1M Malaysians Reject 100-Storey Mega Tower’. Laman ini merupakan sebuah laman terkini yang menjadi perbualan bukan hanya di ruang maya, malah juga di ruang nyata. Apa yang menarik, laman tersebut telah mencatat sejarah apabila sebuah ‘demonstrasi’ telah dilakukan oleh lebih 100,000 rakyat Malaysia di ruang maya. Justeru, penulisan ini memberi kesempatan untuk meninjau secara sepintas lalu isu-isu yang dibangkitkan di ruang maya yang mungkin berbeza dari ruang sebenar