The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to assess the mental well-being of an individual or population. This study reports the processes of translation, validation and analysis of the reliability of the Malay version of the WEMWBS (WEMWBS-ACREDA). The instrument consists of 20 positively worded items and uses a5-point likert scale. The 14 original items in the WEMWBS were maintained and 6 new items measuring spirituality were added. The adaptation, translation and validation processes for the instrument were performed by four experts in counselling and psychology with Malay and English language competency. The experts used face validity and back translation techniques. A pilot test was conducted to determine the reliability of the new translated version of the WEMWBS-ACREDA and involved 51 randomly selected in-patients at the Cure and Care Clinic. The data were analysed using Cronbach's alpha and the result of 0.91 indicated high reliability. These findings indicate that the translated version of the WEMWBS-ACREDA is reliable and appropriately measures the mental well-being of normal individuals involved in drug abuse in a local setting. Moreover, the new translated version of the WEMWBSACREDA represents a short and convenient psychological tool. However, further studies are recommended to support the findings of this research.

The aim of this paper is to discuss on the effectiveness of career counseling model toward the level of career maturity and locus of control among the inmates. A Career Therapy Model is carried out, and the results are measured by using Career Maturity Inventory or CMI and ACREDA-Drug-Related-Locus of Control or ACREDA-DRLOC. The results of the CMI test showed that there is a significant increase in the maturity of career planning among those who have undergone the career model (experimental group) than the control group. Whereas, for Locus of Control, the test results showed that there were minor changes to the locus of control experienced by the experimental group. It was concluded that the intervention of career model has given positive impacts as the respondents’ career planning clarity are enhanced and the sense of internal-oriented control are instilled. Keywords: Career Counselling Model, Career Maturity, Locus of Control, Drug Rehabilitation, Career Planning,Employment

Previous research has found that being unemployed is the most contributing factor towards the relapse rate among the drug addicts. A Career Counseling Model (CCM) was invented to increase the level of career maturity of the trainees in the rehabilitation center. This research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of CCM towards the Career Maturity among the trainees. Two sample groups involved labeled as Rehabilitation A (experimental group) and Rehabilitation B (control group) with total of 64 trainees. Both groups underwent pre-test and post-test but only rehabilitation A was given CCM intervention consisting 9-sessions module. The instrument of Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) was used to measure the effectiveness of the CCM while in-depth interview was conducted to identify the effectiveness of the model from trainees’ perspectives. CMI result indicated that there is a positive significant different between the pre-test (11.1563) and post-test (15.6250) within the experimental group. This point out that CCM had positive impact towards the trainee’s level of career maturity.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of Career Counseling Model towards the inmates’ career maturity and their self-concept level. This research has used experimental design, in w hich experimental and control group, were involved. The total of 64 respondents was purposively selected, 32 of each group, were from two different drug rehabilitation centers. Two instruments were used in the experiment which were Career Maturity Scale (CMI) and Tennesse Self-Concept Scales (TSCS), to measure two variables which were career maturity and self-concept, respectively. The hypotheses were tested by using t-test and the mean score. The result showed that there is a positive significant difference of the mean score of CMI between pre-test (11.1563) and post-test (15.6250) of the experimental group, t= -4.874 (p= 0.00 < 0.05). The result also showed that there is a significant positive difference in the mean score of TSCS between pre-test (232.9000) and the post-test (241.5667) of the experimental group, t= -3.373 (p= 0.002 < 0.05). Both results implied that there was a positive impact on respondents’ career maturity and self-concept level after going through the treatment. Therefore, this study has proven the effectiveness of Career Counseling Therapy in developing inmates’ career maturity and self-concept level.

This study was aimed to explore the effectiveness of group reality therapy in increasing students’ multiple intelligence, focusing on interpersonal skills. We employed quasi-experimental and pretest – posttest design with control group. The statistical population comprised primary and secondary school students in Malaysia, in which out of 24 students were from primary school and 22 students were from secondary school. Participants were selected purposely by school counselors based on students’ vulnerability of having problematic internet use (PIU). Participants then were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group has undergone counseling session of group reality therapy, while the control group did not receive any intervention. The research tools included Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2 (GPIUS 2) and Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ-15). MIX ANOVA was used to analyze the data. The research results revealed that reality therapy in group counseling has increased the students’ interpersonal skills (P < 0.05). Keywords: Problematic Internet Use, Multiple Intelligence, Interpersonal Skill, Reality Group Therapy, School Students

Bullied victims indeed do feel necessity for helps in elevating their self-efficacy and assertiveness in order for them to be able to develop coping skills in confronting this phenomenal delinquency. This research was group counselling-based with the employment of Cognitive Behavioral Theraphy (CBT) over the 8 bully victim students for 5 intervention sessions (research group). The Peer Aggresion Coping Self Efficacy Scale (PACSES) and Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (RAS) were untilized to measure the level of self-efficacy and assertiveness respectively among the research group respondents for both pre and post tests. This research revealed that the self- efficacy and assertiveness level among the research group respondents got positively increased after undergoing the sessions. Therefore, this research advocated the employment of CBT for school counsellors to assist bullied victim students for developing their coping skills and self- empowerment in facing the bullying situations.

The fluctuating number of relapse cases among the drug addicts in Malaysia has been creating many worries to all parties. This urges the parties to this problem to restudy its contributing factors, improve current treatments employed and discover the other potential dimensions of human to accommodate the very need of the drug addict clients to stay abstinent. Considering the psychosocial and vocational elements we have had in current practices that seemingly provide a room for improvement, the new dimension of human psychospiritual approach was particularly put forth in this research. The Islamic psychospiritual model centring on Islamic Sufism principles in combination with Interpersonal and Intrapersonal elements was established in this research as the guiding principles to develop an Integrated Psychospiritual Module (IPM) in reducing relapse rate. This module was particularly focusing on the weightage of drug-related locus of control and psychospiritual level of drug addicts to stay abstinent. The effectiveness of the module was measured by imposing it as psycho-educational intervention treatment upon the purposive sampling of 38 clients in a drug rehabilitation center in Malaysia. One group experimental design was suitably formed and t-Test analysis was used to measure the significant difference between the pre and post test mean values to see the effectiveness of the module by using two specific instruments that measure both aformentioned aspects. Both variables showed the significant difference with the post values 25.3684 and 171.3947 respectively. It was notified that the post t-test mean values for both variables were higher than their pre-test scores which were 23.6842 and 165.4211 respectively. In addition, the qualitative data obtained did support the quantitative analysis by using triagulation method signifying the positive feedbacks from respondents through facilitators’ observations, participants’ feedbacks after group activity and in-depth interview with respect to the variables studied. Therefore, the IPM is certainly effective in elevating the level of drug-related locus of control and psychospirituality instrumental to reduce relapse rate among the drug-addicts. Keywords: Integrated Psychospiritual Module, Drug-related Locus of Control and Islamic Psychospirituality.

The significance of spirituality element in one’s life is not to be silenced. The dualistic nature of human be it physical and spiritual seeks for the balance contentment as so one can achieve the tranquility of life and manage to think, feel and act accordingly. The problem of drug abuse that has been happening nowadays is seemed to be plausible to be associated with the lack of spiritual awareness causing them to choose that path. Recognizing the potentiality of spirituality in drug abuse, this paper attempts to explain the instumentation of psychospiritual inventories in drug abuse in light of making it easier for other drug abuse researchers to quantify the level of drug abuser’s spiritual condition. The psychospiritual scale formulated has 6 domains with 39 items altogether by employing 5-Likert Scale. The methodology employed was based on Interpretive Content Analysis with thematic technique to rule out the cardinal principles from the Islamic religious scriptures and literatures. Face validation was adopted and assigned to two experts in Islamic Sufism and drug abuse fields. The reliability of the psychospiritual instrument was cronbach alpha 0.962. Split-half reliability of this scale was divided into two where the first part achieved cronbach alpha 0.943 whereas the second part scored alpha cronbach 0.921. Indeed, this result signifies that this instrument has high reliability values and suitable to be used worldwide.

Kesedaran mangsa buli memahami maksud buli, mengapa diri mereka dibuli, dan kepentingan peningkatan efikasi kendiri didapati membantu mangsa buli menghadapi fenomena buli. Kajian eksperimen yang mengaplikasikan kaunseling kelompok terapi tingkah laku kognitif terhadap pelajar mangsa buli yang telah dijalankan ini telah menunjukkan kesan positif. Data kualitatif dari hasil temu bual pra dan pasca, yang menggunakan soal selidik semi struktur, telah memperlihatkan peningkatan tahap pengetahuan mengenai buli dan sebab diri mangsa dibuli. Bagi mengukur efikasi kendiri, skala The Peer Aggression Coping Self Efficacy Scale (PACSES) telah diterjemah dan digunakan pada peringkat pra dan pasca temu bual. Kajian mendapati terdapat peningkatan efikasi kendiri dalam kalangan responden yang telah mengikuti kaunseling kelompok tingkahlaku kognitif. Kajian ini telah menunjukkan penggunaan terapi tingkah laku kognitif yang memfokuskan kepada bidang pengetahuan tentang buli, memahami sebab diri dibuli dan efikasi kendiri oleh kaunselor sekolah untuk membantu mangsa buli, dan dapat memperkasakan diri mangsa buli dalam menghadapi situasi buli.

Drug abuse has been declared as the number one enemy of the country since 1983. Various efforts have been conducted by the government to help address the problems of drug abuse. The increasing number of drug addicts is not only due to the number of new drug addicts, but also relapse cases. Relapse is caused by 'Triggers' in which the addict feels 'Craving' for drugs. 'Trigger' can be: (1) people, (2) place, (3) situation and (4) drugs itself. There are techniques to help in address the problem of relapse according to the cognitive behavior Therapy. This technique is called 'Relapse Prevention Techniques' (RP) which involving seven (7) steps. The Seven steps are: (1) Identify the level of motivation of the clients, (2) Identify risk situations, (3) change the lifestyle, (4) Identify the client’s process of relapse, (5) identify when the clients made irrelevant decisions (6)Identify cognitive factors related to relapse and (7) Management of risk situations.

Drug cases among teenagers are on the rise from year to year. Their involvement is said to be due to many risk factors, and one of them is the risk factor of peer influences. Many efforts were implemented by the government and authorities to treat the issues of drug abusers, including providing treatment and rehabilitation services. However, the tendency to remain abstinent may be different based on the risk factors, types of clients, and conditions of the clients. Therefore, this paper is undertaken to identify the comparison in peer influence risk factors between four groups which are voluntary clients, non-voluntary clients, clients who underwent the treatment at the center, and clients after undergoing the treatment at the center in the tendency to remain abstinence. Besides, this paper is undertaken to explore the risk factor of peer influences to relapse in drug problems. A comparison study with a mixed-method design involving qualitative and quantitative methods has been adopted in this study. The study participants were recruited based on purposive sampling technique and 24 private treatment centers were involved in this study. A mixed triangulation method was implemented for data collection of quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data were collected using structured questionnaires and the Stage of Change Scale (SoCS) while qualitative data were collected through interviews and using semi-structured questionnaires. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to summarize and describe the study’s findings. T-test was conducted to identify the differences of viewpoints between voluntary and non-voluntary clients and meanwhile, the qualitative data were analyzed by theme. Four hypotheses were tested and hypothesis 1 was accepted. The finding from the hypothesis 1 revealed that there are significant differences for peer influences risk factors based on non-voluntary and voluntary clients who are still undergoing treatment at the center. Non-voluntary clients, who are still undergoing treatment are reported more affected by the risk of peer influences to remain abstinent than voluntary clients. Meanwhile, the findings from the interview revealed that peer influence factors became a motivator for relapse in drug issues among voluntary clients, non-voluntary clients, clients who are still undergoing treatment at the center, and clients after undergoing the treatment at the center. Hence, it showed that peer influence was a significant risk factor for voluntary and non-voluntary clients to remain abstinent and relapse in drug issues. The further researchers proposed the study on the develops support module for parents in managing children who are involved in drug abuse so that they can remain abstinent.

This study identifies the clients’ perception regarding to the inhalant use, consumption period, types of inhalant, inhalant as gateway substance and whether inhalant is not a choice or still being used. This study has adopted quantitative and qualitative approach. Samples of study were clients from selected rehabilitation centers including CCRC Dengkil, CCRC Jelebu, CCVC Sepang, C&C Tampin, CCRC Serendah, CCRC Kg. Selamat, C&C Bukit Mertajam, CCRC Muar, CCRC Papar dan CCRC Sarawak. The centers selected constituted to 10% of rehabilitation centers available in Malaysia. Total of respondents for quantitative were n=263 and for face-to-face interview, 10 participant were selected to triangulate the data from questionnaire. The samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The data from questionnaire was analyzed by using descriptive statistic to generate the data acquired. The transcribed interviews were analyzed and governed by using content analysis technique. Result showed that, inhalant use among clients in rehabilitation center is still progressively occurred. Most of them use inhalant for less than 5 months and the most popular and favored type of inhalant is glue or specifically called as “gam cap senapang”. A new innovated of inhalant is produced in which the combination of substances are made to fulfil the sense of pleasure. This study shows the classic theory of ‘gateway’ is agreeable. Keyword:Perception, Teacher, Inhalant, ACREDA, Drug

There are a huge number of drug abusers grappling with recovery process and it reflects that individuals hold a great deal with the difficult circumstances, thus necessitating the vast range of literatures on the study of humans' locus of control academically. However, the instruments for measuring it among the drug inmates are still scarce. Therefore, this study examines the reliability and validity of ACREDA Drug- Related Locus of Control among Malaysians. The scale consists of 19 items where 15 of them were translated from DR-LOC Scale by Elizabeth Hall (2001) into Malay language by two counselling experts by using back translation method and the rest 4 were newly constructed ad hoc covering due to the cultural adaption factor. Its validity was examined by sampling the total of 80 clients from the selected drug rehabilitation centers in Malaysia and the face validity was undergone by 2 counselling experts for scale validation. Its reliability revealed the Cronbach`s alpha, 0.823 indicating a high reliability reading while the split- half reliability showed Cronbach's alpha of 0.774 for part 1 and 0.768 for part 2 making this scale reliable and suitable to be used in Malaysian population.

Technology bring possibility to conduct focus groupdiscussion (FGD) virtually, especially during COVID-19. Online FGD conducted to explore needs assessment to design an effective drug prevention program among high-risk youth. 10 Online FGD within 5 participant for each group conducted involving youths from high-risk areas. Sessions recorded with the participants’ consent. Online FGD provides flexibility of time and venue, and widens the opportunity to gather more in-depth data. However, online FGD might cause the interactions less dynamic. Thus, it calls for future studies on the effectiveness of online focus group discussion as compared to the conventional face-to-face method.