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Emotional intelligence comprises of several important elements which enhance the ability of several key competencies. This study attempts to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence, communication skills and information technology skills among university students in Malaysia. Three thousand one hundred and one final year students from 10 public universities in Malaysia were randomly chosen as samples for this study. The BarOn Emotional Quotient: Short (EQ-i:S) by BarOn has been utilized for the purpose of measuring emotional intelligence. An inventory by Moreale, Spitzberg and Barga was used to measure communication skills while the Computer Efficacy Scale by Murphy, Coover and Owen was utilised to measure skills in information technology. Results showed that there were positive significant relationship between emotional intelligence and both communication and information technology skills. This study implicates that students with high emotional intelligence will have better command in communication skills and information technology skills.

In an attempt to study the impact of spiritual intelligence on the health of the elderly, research has been carried out on 378 elderly people in Perlis, Malaysia. The primary objectives of the study were: (i) to identify the levels of spiritual intelligence and general health of the elderly; (ii) to examine the relationships between spiritual intelligence and health of elderly; (iii) to examine the differences in the level of spiritual intelligence and health based on selected demographic factors; and (iv) to predict the most dominant dimension of spiritual intelligence that affects health. Sets of questionnaires were distributed to gather data. The findings showed that the majority of respondents were in good health, and had excellent spiritual intelligence. It also suggested that spiritual intelligence was positively associated with general health. Those who had higher levels of spiritual intelligence tended to have higher levels of health. The ability to conduct daily life with sanctification based on one's spiritual belief was the most dominant factor of good health. The study suggested that spirituality is related to health and has a positive effect on participants' overall health. Based on our findings, we recommend that health practitioners introduce the biopsychosocial-spiritual model when assessing the health of the elderly.

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Psikologi merupakan satu bidang yang sedang berkembang pesat dan diminati oleh pelbagai lapisan masyarakat adalah kajian mengenai proses mental dan tingkah laku organisma.Buku teks Pengantar Psikologi ini mengandungi 11 bab yang memerihalkan tentang asas psikologi kepada pelajar. Buku ini mendedahkan kepada pembaca bidang-bidang dalam psikologi serta aspek-aspek lain yang dikaji dalam ilmu ini.Topik-topik seperti pengenalan bidang psikologi, sejarah perkembangan, psikologi biologi, psikologi perkembangan manusia, psikologi pembelajaran,kecerdasan dan kebolehan mental, personaliti, motivasi dan emosi, psikologi sosial, psikologi kesihatan dan kecelaruan psikologi telah digarapbersama-sama di dalam sebuah buku teks Pengantar Psikologi agar pelajar dapat memahami dan mengenali diri mereka serta orang sekeliling.Selaku insan yang sentiasa berinteraksi dengan individu yang lain, sama ada di rumah atau tempat kerja, buku ini boleh dimanfaatkan sebaik mungkin dan ianya amat sesuai bagi penuntut dari pelbagai disiplin yang ingin mempelajari serba sedikit tentang ilmu psikologi.