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    Tekanan dalam keluarga: faktor-faktor, kesan dan strategi daya tindak menangani tekanan
    ( 2018) ;
    Mohd Yusri Mustaffa
    Kertas kerja ini membincangkan tekanan melalui perspektif keluarga yang merangkumi definisi tekanan keluarga, faktor-faktor dan strategi daya tindak. Keluarga merupakan satu unit yang berkongsi pengalaman, isu dan cabaran hidup yang sama, maka tekanan yang wujud dikongsi bersama oleh ahli keluarga. Tekanan keluarga merujuk kepada ketidakseimbangan di antara tuntutan dan kemampuan keluarga untuk memenuhi tuntutan tersebut. Setiap unit keluarga mempunyai pengalaman dan pemahaman yang berbeza berkaitan strategi daya tindak dan kaedah pengurusan tekanan. Terdapat beberapa faktor tekanan dalam keluarga seperti konflik perhubungan, masalah kewangan, masalah kerjaya, masalah penjagaan anak, campur tangan pihak ketiga dan lain-lain. Tekanan yang berlaku dalam keluarga memberi kesan yang negatif kepada emosi, psikologi dan mental ahli keluarga. Kesan-kesan lain seperti masalah sosial, hubungan keluarga yang tidak berkualiti dan perkembangan psikologi kanak-kanak yang terganggu. Oleh itu, strategi daya tindak yang positif diperlukan bagi menangani tekanan keluarga dengan lebih baik. Terdapat beberapa kaedah strategi daya tindak yang berkesan seperti komunikasi keluarga yang positif, sokongan sosial dan kawalan diri yang baik. Setiap keluarga perlu mempraktikkan stategi daya tindak yang berkesan supaya tekanan keluarga dapat diatasi dengan lebih baik. Seterusnya, membantu keluarga membina hubungan yang lebih berkualiti.
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    Solution-focused therapy as a counseling intervention to help individuals whom experiencing psychological distress in organizations
    This conceptual paper aims to understand the psychological distress that occurs among employees in organizations and to find out how the Solution-Focused Therapy able to help counsellors in helping their clients in managing their psychological distress. Psychological distress refers to two main components namely depression and anxiety that often occur to employees due to factors such as excessive workload, health problems, responsibilities to family, social relationships, relationships with spouses, time management and lack of self-care. While there are a variety of methods that can be used to help them reduce such stress levels, it is still not well resolved. In fact, it continues to disrupt the emotions and quality of life among the employees. The adverse effects of psychological distress can be identified based on four aspects namely physical, emotional, behaviour and thought. Therefore, it is important for counselling practitioners to strive and help organizational employees to manage their stress better. Solution-Focused Therapy as an intervention in a counselling session that serves as a guideline for the counsellor to understand the factors, effects, and the real issues that is happening to the client. Solution Focused Therapy also helps counsellors to be able to quickly understand the issues and focus more on solutions rather than the problems. By having a clear understanding of the real issue, counsellors can apply techniques in Solution Focused Therapy such as scaling techniques and magic questions in their session. The use of these therapy techniques is proven to help clients to be more realistic in finding their own solutions to the problems and later help them to reduce the level of psychological distress.
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    Online solution focused therapy counselling for clients with mental health issues (anxiety and depression)
    This paper deals with the new approach of conducting solution focused therapy for client with anxiety and depression. Online counselling is a new approach that must be taken into consideration. Despite the traditional principle of counselling, online counselling goes beyond than that in providing counselling help at any time and place. The distance between counsellor and client is no longer an issue. Thus, it benefits clients with mental health issues where they can have the session at their own comfort, time, and style. Solution focused therapy counselling aim to have a brief, quick and cost-effective counselling is well suited the online platform. An online and quick solution therapy treatment alternative shall be made accessible for more people to help them manage their anxiety and depression effectively.
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    Online solution focused therapy counselling for clients with mental health issues (anxiety and depression)
    This paper deals with the new approach of conducting solution focused therapy for client with anxiety and depression. Online counselling is a new approach that must be taken into consideration. Despite the traditional principle of counselling, online counselling goes beyond than that in providing counselling help at any time and place. The distance between counsellor and client is no longer an issue. Thus, it benefits clients with mental health issues where they can have the session at their own comfort, time, and style. Solution focused therapy counselling aim to have a brief, quick and cost-effective counselling is well suited the online platform. An online and quick solution therapy treatment alternative shall be made accessible for more people to help them manage their anxiety and depression effectively.
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    The role of the instructor in the online classroom
    This chapter is about the role of instructors in the online classroom particularly in Malaysian higher education. This chapter will focus on two important points, which are the redefining instructors in virtual education and the four main role of instructors in virtual education: the pedagogical role, the social role, the managerial role, and the technical role. Understanding the true role of the instructor in online classes aids in the transition between the classroom and online learning. Instructors play a more significant role in online courses than they do in traditional ones in many ways. They can adjust more easily and settle into a new environment by being aware of what the students and the online environment expect from the teachers. The requirement for instructors to facilitate an online course through a wide range of perspectives or roles is highlighted by the complexity of the online environment.
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    The effect of addictive social media use among teenagers
    Social media addiction can be viewed as one form of Internet addiction, where individuals exhibit a compulsion to use social media to excess. Individuals with social media addiction are often overly concerned about social media and are driven by an uncontrollable urge to log on to and use social media. This paper will discuss about the effect of addictive social media use among teenagers. In addition, matters relating to social media use among teenagers will also be discussed, such as the factors and impact of social media addiction. This is necessary because all parties, especially parents, need to play their role so that this problem becomes worse.
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    The influence of YouTubers among teenagers: A study in Johore, Malaysia
    These days, teenagers are brought up in a time of smartphones and do not recall a period before social media. They are viewed as good examples and are regularly perceived in the streets by their fans. In any case, in spite of being well known online, outside the YouTube community they are simply an average individual that could be the person living nearby. Parents regularly do not think about the online behavior of their children and the YouTubers they embrace. The aim of this research is to give an overview of the current YouTube community, including what types of YouTubers will attract teenagers and what influence of YouTubers among teenagers in Johor Bahru, Johor. This study is qualitative research that uses indepth interviews to collect data. Participants for this study consists of Malaysia teenagers specifically from Johor Bahru. There are nine participants aged between 16 to 20 years old. They are selected based on a multiracial concept which is Malay, Indian and Chinese. The finding shows that there are four types of YouTubers that attract teenagers in Johor Bahru, Johor. Meanwhile, finding from this research also shows that there are six main influences of YouTubers among teenagers in Johor Bahru, Johor which consist of positive and negative influences.
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    Privacy and safety of social media applications: The users awareness among students at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
    The development of social media applications has brought many changes and influences to the public in terms of communication and the use of communication technology. The existence of social media applications has made it easier for users to communicate with each other. Social media makes it easy for users to access information in their daily lives and it also has a positive and negative effect on their users especially to the university students. However, from a security and privacy standpoint, this will affect users because of their information and activities accessible through the social networks by irresponsible individuals. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the types of personal information shared by social media users and to measure the level of consumer awareness of privacy and security among students at University Malaysia Perlis. This study used quantitative method which is a questionnaire via google form which was answered by 218 students from University Malaysia Perlis. Data obtained were analysed using Statistical Package for Science for Windows Version 26 (SPSS) software. The results showed that there is no significant relationship between the type of personal information shared and the level of awareness about privacy and safety among students. This study suggested that the there is a need to increase the level of awareness of the internet privacy and security among students.
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