USIM hopes to produce graduates that are not only able to function effectively as professionals i... more USIM hopes to produce graduates that are not only able to function effectively as professionals in their respective disciplines, but, at the same time, are ready to contribute and make a difference to society. The basic principle is that integrating religious sciences with social and physical sciences will not only provide a more comprehensive understanding of current global challenges, but also offer a fresh alternative in solving them. USIM believes that Islamic values are universal, and history has proven that these values can be shared by people of all faiths; living together harmoniously with mutual respect and tolerance. It is also an effort towards reviving the scientific and technological feats of Muslim scholars in the past and moving it forward.
This study is conducted to analyze the relationship between financial stress and religious coping... more This study is conducted to analyze the relationship between financial stress and religious coping from Islamic perspective. 100 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents in three states in Malaysia which are Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor, where the subjects were randomly chosen from government servants and private sector employees in those mentioned areas whilst SPSS statistical method is used to analyze the data. The relationships between two variables were observed through Pearson correlation test. Descriptive analysis is used to explain the finding of this study. Significant finding on the positive relationship between financial stress and religious coping from Islamic perspective proven that religiosity and spiritual practices is considered as one of a significant tool in coping financial stress stipulation.
World Health Organization (WHO) has described the meaning of total well-being as balanced and fun... more World Health Organization (WHO) has described the meaning of total well-being as balanced and functioning of human faculty encompassing physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Student sometime forget this important fact, thus they neglect some of the important elements of wellbeing. Most students can handle the transition to college easily using various coping mechanisms. There are many productive ways that have been suggested as coping strategies for students. This paper seeks to review how spiritual and religious coping strategies are used by Muslim 'Tahfiz' students in dealing with their academic and personal issues. The research used DASS and MRPI questionnaire to measure stress and anxiety level as well as religious and spiritual coping strategies. The results indicated that the student shows mild to low stress and anxiety level with high religious personality.
This study examines the impact of religiosity on financial debt. It also explores the impact of r... more This study examines the impact of religiosity on financial debt. It also explores the impact of religiosity on debt stress. The study hypothesizes that people with higher religious social norms are likely to have lower financial debt and people with lower financial debts experience lower debt stress. The study used quantitative data using Muslim Religiosity Personality Inventory (MRPI), Financial Impact Scale (FIS) and the Family Economic Stress Scale (FESS). The questionnaires were taken from a sample of 180 participants, which stands from government employees. The study found a significant relationship between financial debts with the level of religiosity of the subjects. The study also found positive association between financial debts with debt stress suggesting that individuals with high financial debts experiences high level of debt stress.
Disaster management training is meant to build the competencies of disaster relief workers and vo... more Disaster management training is meant to build the competencies of disaster relief workers and volunteers in improving the preparedness and response time in all levels before and after disasters. This paper focuses on the disaster management training not only to improve the technical skills of disaster relief workers and volunteers, but also for personnel and team management. Furthermore, it is also to improve the coordination of disaster preparedness, as well as the competencies and availability of disaster management tools. Thus, in order to synchronize all various units, a training needs analysis (TNA) is required. TNA is a systematic process conducted prior to designing a training program which involves determining the training needs at organisational, operational or individual level, identifying what kind of training is needed, and finally identifying who are the individuals that need to be trained or retrained. The purpose of this research is to identify the need of individual and organisation in implementing disaster preparedness training specifically in Malaysian context, and also to provide recommendations for further improvement.
This study examined the relationship between stress and coping in a sample of 150 survivals of fl... more This study examined the relationship between stress and coping in a sample of 150 survivals of flood victims. Questionnaire used in this study were Disaster Stress and Coping Skill Inventory. The study also adopted an exploratory qualitative approach where a number of five respondents were interviewed. The result showed that there was a significant relationship between stress and coping, and no significant gender differences in stress and coping among the respondents. The result also showed that the respondents suffered stress and needed strong coping skills. Religion was found to be the most apparent coping skill among the victims. The implication of this study suggests strong religious and social support from people who are knowledgeable and skills in the stress management and religious coping to the flood victims
Great importance is being attached to the concept of the psychological contract. However, the con... more Great importance is being attached to the concept of the psychological contract. However, the concept does not sit easily within the `traditional' perspective on employment relations with its primarily institutional-level focus. Nevertheless, the concept, depending on how it is defined, has great potential to fill an emerging gap in employment relations: that of individual-level analysis. This gap becomes apparent when a broader, more `contemporary' perspective on employment relations is considered. This `contemporary' perspective moves beyond an institutional-level focus to consider all the behaviours, outcomes, practices, and institutions that relate to the employment relationship. In order to integrate the concept of the psychological contract into `contemporary' employment relations thinking, additional research is required in the following areas: (1) the relationship between employment institutions and individual employees; (2) how employment institutions influe...
This paper describes the results of a survey about community perceptions toward hazard of fire an... more This paper describes the results of a survey about community perceptions toward hazard of fire and participation in prevention of fire disaster. The study was conducted among communities of Kampung Kawang, Papar, and Kampung Likas at Kota Kinabalu. The result of the study shows that there was awareness of likely fire hazard which would threaten their personal safety though they believe it was unlikely to occur in one's life among the subject. The likely of hazard of fie was also being underestimated and misunderstood by the ...
Dewasa ini, pelbagai permasalahan salahlaku dan gejala sosial melanda pelajarpelajar sekolah. Sew... more Dewasa ini, pelbagai permasalahan salahlaku dan gejala sosial melanda pelajarpelajar sekolah. Sewajarnya, permasalahan ini perlu ditangani segera dalam memastikan keberkesanan pendidikan, pembentukan peribadi dan pembinaan nilai-nilai murni pelajar selari dalam usaha merealisasikan Wawasan 2020 dan Falsafah Pendidikan Negara. Masalah salahlaku dan gejala sosial ini memerlukan perhatian yang serius dan menuntut kepada keperluan perkhidmatan bimbingan dan kaunseling (B&K) yang mantap dan ...
Perkhidmatan Bimbingan dari Kaunseling (B & K) sekolah memainkan peranan penting dalam agenda pen... more Perkhidmatan Bimbingan dari Kaunseling (B & K) sekolah memainkan peranan penting dalam agenda pendidikan negara terutamanya bagi mencapai matlamat Falsafah Pendidikan Negara dan menyambut cabaran Wawasan 2020. Perkhidmatan B & K perlu mempunyai pengurusan yang mantap dan sistematik dalam usaha mencapai hasrat memberikan perkhidmatan yang terbaik. Bagaimanapun, banyak kajian yang menunjukkan perkhidmatan B & K sekolah masih berada pada tahap yang kurang memuaskan. Oleh itu ...
Kajian ini bertujuan membuat adaptasi kepada Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI) iaitu Inventori St... more Kajian ini bertujuan membuat adaptasi kepada Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI) iaitu Inventori Strategi Daya Tindak (ISDT) kepada Bahasa Malaysia. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menguji kebolehpercayaan inventori dengan menggunakan kaedah terjemahan semula bersesuaian dengan budaya Malaysia. kepada pelbagai kumpulan masyarakat Malaysia yang mengalami tekanan. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 100 orang pelajar di sebuah sekolah menengah untuk kajian rintis dan 140 remaja perempuan dari dua buah ...
USIM hopes to produce graduates that are not only able to function effectively as professionals i... more USIM hopes to produce graduates that are not only able to function effectively as professionals in their respective disciplines, but, at the same time, are ready to contribute and make a difference to society. The basic principle is that integrating religious sciences with social and physical sciences will not only provide a more comprehensive understanding of current global challenges, but also offer a fresh alternative in solving them. USIM believes that Islamic values are universal, and history has proven that these values can be shared by people of all faiths; living together harmoniously with mutual respect and tolerance. It is also an effort towards reviving the scientific and technological feats of Muslim scholars in the past and moving it forward.
This study is conducted to analyze the relationship between financial stress and religious coping... more This study is conducted to analyze the relationship between financial stress and religious coping from Islamic perspective. 100 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents in three states in Malaysia which are Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor, where the subjects were randomly chosen from government servants and private sector employees in those mentioned areas whilst SPSS statistical method is used to analyze the data. The relationships between two variables were observed through Pearson correlation test. Descriptive analysis is used to explain the finding of this study. Significant finding on the positive relationship between financial stress and religious coping from Islamic perspective proven that religiosity and spiritual practices is considered as one of a significant tool in coping financial stress stipulation.
World Health Organization (WHO) has described the meaning of total well-being as balanced and fun... more World Health Organization (WHO) has described the meaning of total well-being as balanced and functioning of human faculty encompassing physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Student sometime forget this important fact, thus they neglect some of the important elements of wellbeing. Most students can handle the transition to college easily using various coping mechanisms. There are many productive ways that have been suggested as coping strategies for students. This paper seeks to review how spiritual and religious coping strategies are used by Muslim 'Tahfiz' students in dealing with their academic and personal issues. The research used DASS and MRPI questionnaire to measure stress and anxiety level as well as religious and spiritual coping strategies. The results indicated that the student shows mild to low stress and anxiety level with high religious personality.
This study examines the impact of religiosity on financial debt. It also explores the impact of r... more This study examines the impact of religiosity on financial debt. It also explores the impact of religiosity on debt stress. The study hypothesizes that people with higher religious social norms are likely to have lower financial debt and people with lower financial debts experience lower debt stress. The study used quantitative data using Muslim Religiosity Personality Inventory (MRPI), Financial Impact Scale (FIS) and the Family Economic Stress Scale (FESS). The questionnaires were taken from a sample of 180 participants, which stands from government employees. The study found a significant relationship between financial debts with the level of religiosity of the subjects. The study also found positive association between financial debts with debt stress suggesting that individuals with high financial debts experiences high level of debt stress.
Disaster management training is meant to build the competencies of disaster relief workers and vo... more Disaster management training is meant to build the competencies of disaster relief workers and volunteers in improving the preparedness and response time in all levels before and after disasters. This paper focuses on the disaster management training not only to improve the technical skills of disaster relief workers and volunteers, but also for personnel and team management. Furthermore, it is also to improve the coordination of disaster preparedness, as well as the competencies and availability of disaster management tools. Thus, in order to synchronize all various units, a training needs analysis (TNA) is required. TNA is a systematic process conducted prior to designing a training program which involves determining the training needs at organisational, operational or individual level, identifying what kind of training is needed, and finally identifying who are the individuals that need to be trained or retrained. The purpose of this research is to identify the need of individual and organisation in implementing disaster preparedness training specifically in Malaysian context, and also to provide recommendations for further improvement.
This study examined the relationship between stress and coping in a sample of 150 survivals of fl... more This study examined the relationship between stress and coping in a sample of 150 survivals of flood victims. Questionnaire used in this study were Disaster Stress and Coping Skill Inventory. The study also adopted an exploratory qualitative approach where a number of five respondents were interviewed. The result showed that there was a significant relationship between stress and coping, and no significant gender differences in stress and coping among the respondents. The result also showed that the respondents suffered stress and needed strong coping skills. Religion was found to be the most apparent coping skill among the victims. The implication of this study suggests strong religious and social support from people who are knowledgeable and skills in the stress management and religious coping to the flood victims
Great importance is being attached to the concept of the psychological contract. However, the con... more Great importance is being attached to the concept of the psychological contract. However, the concept does not sit easily within the `traditional' perspective on employment relations with its primarily institutional-level focus. Nevertheless, the concept, depending on how it is defined, has great potential to fill an emerging gap in employment relations: that of individual-level analysis. This gap becomes apparent when a broader, more `contemporary' perspective on employment relations is considered. This `contemporary' perspective moves beyond an institutional-level focus to consider all the behaviours, outcomes, practices, and institutions that relate to the employment relationship. In order to integrate the concept of the psychological contract into `contemporary' employment relations thinking, additional research is required in the following areas: (1) the relationship between employment institutions and individual employees; (2) how employment institutions influe...
This paper describes the results of a survey about community perceptions toward hazard of fire an... more This paper describes the results of a survey about community perceptions toward hazard of fire and participation in prevention of fire disaster. The study was conducted among communities of Kampung Kawang, Papar, and Kampung Likas at Kota Kinabalu. The result of the study shows that there was awareness of likely fire hazard which would threaten their personal safety though they believe it was unlikely to occur in one's life among the subject. The likely of hazard of fie was also being underestimated and misunderstood by the ...
Dewasa ini, pelbagai permasalahan salahlaku dan gejala sosial melanda pelajarpelajar sekolah. Sew... more Dewasa ini, pelbagai permasalahan salahlaku dan gejala sosial melanda pelajarpelajar sekolah. Sewajarnya, permasalahan ini perlu ditangani segera dalam memastikan keberkesanan pendidikan, pembentukan peribadi dan pembinaan nilai-nilai murni pelajar selari dalam usaha merealisasikan Wawasan 2020 dan Falsafah Pendidikan Negara. Masalah salahlaku dan gejala sosial ini memerlukan perhatian yang serius dan menuntut kepada keperluan perkhidmatan bimbingan dan kaunseling (B&K) yang mantap dan ...
Perkhidmatan Bimbingan dari Kaunseling (B & K) sekolah memainkan peranan penting dalam agenda pen... more Perkhidmatan Bimbingan dari Kaunseling (B & K) sekolah memainkan peranan penting dalam agenda pendidikan negara terutamanya bagi mencapai matlamat Falsafah Pendidikan Negara dan menyambut cabaran Wawasan 2020. Perkhidmatan B & K perlu mempunyai pengurusan yang mantap dan sistematik dalam usaha mencapai hasrat memberikan perkhidmatan yang terbaik. Bagaimanapun, banyak kajian yang menunjukkan perkhidmatan B & K sekolah masih berada pada tahap yang kurang memuaskan. Oleh itu ...
Kajian ini bertujuan membuat adaptasi kepada Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI) iaitu Inventori St... more Kajian ini bertujuan membuat adaptasi kepada Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI) iaitu Inventori Strategi Daya Tindak (ISDT) kepada Bahasa Malaysia. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menguji kebolehpercayaan inventori dengan menggunakan kaedah terjemahan semula bersesuaian dengan budaya Malaysia. kepada pelbagai kumpulan masyarakat Malaysia yang mengalami tekanan. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 100 orang pelajar di sebuah sekolah menengah untuk kajian rintis dan 140 remaja perempuan dari dua buah ...
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