The Mental Health of Adolescent Refugees in Malaysia

Low, Sew Kim; Tan, Soon Aun; Kok, Jin Kuan; Nainee, Sarvarubini; Viapude, Glory Nancy

doi:10.20319/pijss.2018.42.428439

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“…One of the studies carried out that refugee students in Malaysia have reported experiencing trauma caused by torturing experiences in their home countries, having deteriorated well-being, and suffering from multiple mental health issues like PTSD and MDD (Gosnell, 2017). Another study states that stress, anxiety and depression are suffered by adolescent refugees in Malaysia in deferent levels (Low et al, 2018).…”

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“…Although there are a number of educational centres in Malaysia that attend to young refugees' educational needs, yet there are very limited resources in those centres that should attend to refugee children's emotional and social needs. It is found in the recent counselling studies that attending solely to educational needs of school children has not given back many gains on the level of individuals and societies, in the other hand studies have concluded that shortness in resources and services of refugees' educational centres have contributed to their mental health suffering (Low et al, 2018). Furthermore, personal growth as a result of attendance to students' personal and social concerns can have a significant positive impact on students' academic achievement (Thompson, 2015).…”

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Psychoeducational Program at Refugee Schools in Malaysia: An Initial Study

Aissa,

Bakar,

Amat

2023

PSYCH

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This concept paper proposes a research to examine the effectiveness of psychoeducational programs provided in refugee schools in Malaysia. The current provision of such programs is commonly dealing with the pupils' emotional well-being, behavior, social skills, acculturation, resilience, study skills, and career awareness; however, there is no validation study to examine the correlations between the variables just yet. The proposed research is going to engage the Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT) as the main underpinning theory, with the ultimate aim to develop and introduce a psychoeducational module as intervention to help the students' growth. The module is going to be constructed using mixed method approach, combining both quantitative and qualitative feedbacks from all involved stakeholders, the pupils, teachers, parents, and school administrators.

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Psychoeducational Program at Refugee Schools in Malaysia: An Initial Study

Aissa,

Bakar,

Amat

2023

PSYCH

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“…Recent research confirms a strong link between perceived loneliness and increasing mental health difficulties for young people (Coan, Scharfer, & Davidson, 2006 Coomber, 2011;Shahid, & Sumbul, 2017;Richardson, Elliott, & Roberts, 2017;Low, S. K., Tan, Kok, Nainee, & Viapude, 2018;Mishra, Deo Kodwani, Kumar, & Jain, 2018). Loneliness frequently co-occurs with depression, anxiety and self-harm, and lonely individuals are more likely to seek assistance from healthcare services for mental health difficulties, compared to individuals who do not identify as lonely.…”

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Loneliness and Young People Experiencing Mental Health Difficulties: Evidence and Further Research

Placa

Oham

2019

pijss

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This article reviews the current evidence base around loneliness; mental health, and young people, and the challenges identified in conducting research in this area. It then proceeds to consider the scope of further research and its impact upon policy and practice; in terms of inclusion of more enhanced theoretical frameworks; use of qualitative research and methodologies and impact of research upon policy and practice and enablement of more effective policies and interventions.

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Machiavellianism, Expressive Suppression and Internalizing Behaviors of Adolescents in Ucsi International School

Abadi¹,

Yahya²,

Mohtaram³

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The current study examines the associations of Machiavellianism (Mach) and Expressive Suppression (ES) as explanations for internalizing behaviors. This study aimed to examine Mach in adolescents with internalizing behaviors, and to explore the mediating role of ES in the relation between Mach and internalizing behaviors. Youth Self Report (YSR), Mach-IV scale alongside with the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA) was administered to 104 adolescents in UCSI International University with the age range of 13-18. Pearson correlation coefficients as well as standard mediational analysis was executed to test the stated hypothesis. It was concluded that Mach was positively correlated with internalizing behaviors in adolescents attending UCSI International University. It was drawn that ES partially mediates the indirect relationship between Mach and anxious/depressive symptoms while it fully mediates the relationship between Mach and Depressed/Withdrawn.

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The Mental Health of Adolescent Refugees in Malaysia

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Psychoeducational Program at Refugee Schools in Malaysia: An Initial Study

Psychoeducational Program at Refugee Schools in Malaysia: An Initial Study

Loneliness and Young People Experiencing Mental Health Difficulties: Evidence and Further Research

Machiavellianism, Expressive Suppression and Internalizing Behaviors of Adolescents in Ucsi International School

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