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Fulltext Learning through teaching and sharing in the Jigsaw Classroom

Ab Murat, N.

Ann Dent, 2008;15(2):71-76.
MyJurnal

Teaching is a complex activity which consists not only of giving instructions but also promotion of learning. Different students have different preference for learning styles. Dental educators must therefore attempt to mix and match their methods of teaching to accommodate students with differing learning styles to provide an opportunity to maximize their learning. This paper aims to share the writer's experience and students' perceptions towards a different mode of teaching/learning method. The Jigsaw Classroom method was employed on University of Malaya's third-year dental students during their Water Fluoridation lecture. At the end of the session, students were asked to reflect upon the learning experience and to inscribe their feelings. Initially, students showed their resentment towards the new learning style but their resistance changed once they got into a group and started to learn from each other. In the reflective essay, most students expressed that learning through teaching and discussing as required in the Jigsaw method enhanced their understanding of the topic and they claimed that they were able to retain the information better. In this study, the Jigsaw method proved that learning in the lecture hall can be fun, educational and enriching.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Exploring Malaysian parents' and teachers' cultural conceptualization of adolescent social and emotional competencies: A qualitative formative study

Abd Hadi NH, Midin M, Tong SF, Chan LF, Mohd Salleh Sahimi H, Ahmad Badayai AR, et al.

Front Public Health, 2023;11:992863.
PMID: 37033063 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.992863

INTRODUCTION: Global implementation of social and emotional learning (SEL) has been suggested to incorporate a systematic cultural adaptation process which relies on ground-up empirical data of a target cultural group in tailoring a culturally sensitive SEL intervention. Preliminary formative studies among local parents and educators were done to explore the conceptualization of social and emotional competencies (SECs) in various cultural settings, such as the continent of Africa and among the indigenous and refugee groups. Unfortunately, little scholarship has been devoted to studying the SEL adaptation process in Southeast Asian regions. This formative study aimed to explore Malaysian parents' and teachers' cultural conceptualization of adolescent SECs.
METHODS: This qualitative study interviewed 12 Malaysian parents and 10 Malaysian teachers comprising of Malay (82%), Chinese (9%) and Indian (9%) races in an online focus group discussion. Sampling is purposive to parents of adolescents and teachers at secondary school only. Data were analyzed thematically to determine the culturally sensitive SEL constructs for Malaysian adolescents.
RESULTS: All themes and sub-themes of SEC regarded as crucial for Malaysian adolescents are aligned with CASEL's five domains of competencies. Our findings extended the conceptualization of subskills under CASEL's relationship skills and responsible decision-making domains, which reflect Asian cultural values. The main themes of social competency: (a) preserving interpersonal relationships, (b) utilizing intrapersonal skills, and (c) communicating effectively, are shared with the established CASEL constructs. However, the underlying subthemes denote the unique cultural manifestation of social competency in Malaysia. Two of the emotional competency themes represent the established CASEL constructs: (a) practicing self-regulation, (b) demonstrating help-seeking behavior, and the other two themes signify Asian values: (c) upholding altruism, and (d) maintaining cultural display rules.
DISCUSSIONS: This formative study revealed the habitual use of experiential and expressive suppressions as adaptive emotion regulation strategies in Malaysian collectivist culture and offered a potential alternative emotion regulation pathway suitable for Malaysian adolescents. It also informed the feasibility of implementing SEL modules developed based on the CASEL framework in Malaysia and suggested two key lessons to enhance the cultural sensitivity of SEL in Malaysia: effective, respectful communication and expressive writing.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions*
Behavioral and emotional problems in a Kuala Lumpur children's home

Abd Rahman FN, Mohd Daud TI, Nik Jaafar NR, Shah SA, Tan SM, Wan Ismail WS

Pediatr Int, 2013 Aug;55(4):422-7.
PMID: 23617604 DOI: 10.1111/ped.12115

There is a dearth of studies on behavioral and emotional problems in residential care children in Malaysia. This study describes the behavioral and emotional problems in a sample of children in a government residential care home and compares them with their classmates living with their birth parents.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions/physiology*
Problem-solving skills and perceived stress among undergraduate students: The moderating role of hardiness

Abdollahi A, Abu Talib M, Carlbring P, Harvey R, Yaacob SN, Ismail Z

J Health Psychol, 2018 09;23(10):1321-1331.
PMID: 27352885 DOI: 10.1177/1359105316653265

This study was designed to examine the relationships between problem-solving skills, hardiness, and perceived stress and to test the moderating role of hardiness in the relationship between problem-solving skills and perceived stress among 500 undergraduates from Malaysian public universities. The analyses showed that undergraduates with poor problem-solving confidence, external personal control of emotion, and approach-avoidance style were more likely to report perceived stress. Hardiness moderated the relationships between problem-solving skills and perceived stress. These findings reinforce the importance of moderating role of hardiness as an influencing factor that explains how problem-solving skills affect perceived stress among undergraduates.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Coping Styles Mediate Perfectionism Associations with Depression Among Undergraduate Students

Abdollahi A, Hosseinian S, Asmundson GJG

J Gen Psychol, 2018 01 18;145(1):93-105.
PMID: 29345535 DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2017.1421137

To better understand depression among adolescent university students, this study was designed to examine coping style as a potential mediator between perfectionism and depression. Participants comprised 510 undergraduate students from Malaysia. Structural Equation Modelling demonstrated that personal standards perfectionism and task-focused coping style were negatively associated with depression, while emotion-focused coping style, avoidant coping style, and evaluative concerns perfectionism were positively associated with depression. Multiple mediator modelling provided evidence that coping styles partially mediated the relationship between perfectionism and depression. These findings advance current knowledge by suggesting how perfectionism may contribute to depression and may inform the development of more effective prevention and intervention programs for depression.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Acceptance of parenting style among adolescents and its impact on emotional intelligence development

Abdul Adib A, Agnis S, Lailawati Madlan E

Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 2017;31:78-89.

Perkembangan kecerdasan emosi terbentuk hasil daripada pelbagai aspek dan salah satunya melalui sosial yang wujud dalam keluarga. Kajian ini bertujuan meneliti kesan penerimaan gaya keibubapaan terhadap perkembangan kecerdasan emosi remaja. Selain itu, kajian ini turut mengkaji perbezaan perkembangan kecerdasan emosi mengikut tempat tinggal dan jantina. Metodologi kajian yang digunakan adalah kaedah tinjauan dengan menggunakan soal selidik ke atas 255 orang pelajar sekolah menengah yang berusia 15 hingga 17 tahun. Satu set soal selidik digunakan dalam kajian ini yang terdiri daripada Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) untuk mengukur gaya keibubapaan dan The Assessing Emotions Scale (AES) untuk mengukur kecerdasan emosi dalam kalangan remaja. Data dianalisis dengan perisian IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) versi 22 dengan menggunakan ujian regresi pelbagai dan ujian-t sampel bebas untuk mengkaji hipotesis yang telah dibina. Hasil keputusan menunjukkan penerimaan gaya keibubapaan autoritatif dan autoritarian secara signifikan memberi kesan terhadap perkembangan kecerdasan emosi remaja. Sebaliknya, gaya keibubapaan permisif pula tidak menyumbang kepada perkembangan kecerdasan emosi remaja. Selain itu, terdapat perbezaan perkembangan kecerdasan emosi mengikut tempat tinggal dan jantina. Implikasinya, pemilihan gaya keibubapaan yang bersesuaian amat penting kerana akan menyumbang kepada perkembangan kecerdasan emosi remaja dan seterusnya akan membentuk personaliti dan tingkah laku mereka.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Differences music tempo towards gym users emotion

Abdul Latif R, Idrus MF

Jurnal Sains Sukan & Pendidikan Jasmani, 2020;9(2):1-9.
MyJurnal DOI: 10.37134/jsspj.vol9.2.1.2020

Music can give influence on a lot of thing. It was known as one of the sources for entertainment. It has been classified to regulate emotion, grab attention, for lift the spirit and increased work output. Nowadays, people love listening to music believed that it entertains them and thus helps to motivate the person to continue the activity. The aim of this study was to determine the differences music tempo towards emotion among gym users in UiTM Seremban 3. Sixty participants, which were gym users that attended to the gym in UiTM Seremban 3. Subjects were randomly assigned into three different groups (n=20 in each). Group 1 fast tempo (>120 bpm), group2 slow tempo (

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Religious beliefs in relation to smoking: a cross-sectional study among muslim males in the month of Ramadan

Abu Bakar A Majid, Lokman H Johari, Amal M Nasir, Anselm, S.T., Chan, W.H., Noraziah A Rahman, et al.

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2002;2(2):32-35.
MyJurnal

A cross—sectional study conducted in the fasting month of Ramadan targeting muslim males assessed their religious beliefs in relation to smoking and their intentions t0 quit smoking in Ramadan. It was found that there law; is a strong association between their perceptions on the religious ruling of smoking as haram (prohibited) in relation to their smoking status. Among the non smokers and ex smokers, 87.8% and 73.6% respectively accept the ruling on smoking as prohibitea'(haram), while only 31.6% of smokers accept smoking as prohibited. Among the smokers, 97.7% smoke a lesser number of cigarettes during Ramadan, while 96.7% of them felt that it is easier to quit during the fasting month. The findings suggest that the religious department needs to provide more information and education to the Muslim population as to the reasons of the ruling on smoking as haram(prohibited) on religious grounds . It was also found that the majority felt it is easier to quit during quit smoking programmes can be emphasized and carried out on a bigger scale during fasting months in the future.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
An integrative review of negative emotions of older adults in later life

Adolfo CS, Albougami ASB, Roque MY, Aruta JJBR, Almazan JU

Nurs Forum, 2022 Nov;57(6):1452-1464.
PMID: 35962773 DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12785

BACKGROUND: Older adults are one of the most vulnerable populations requiring scientific, psychological, and clinical attention. Although several studies have explored psychoemotional needs in later life, one critical gap in the literature is a shortage of studies comprehensively reviewing negative emotional experiences and their antecedents associated with later life.
AIM: This integrative review aims to identify negative emotional experiences during older adult years.
METHODS: This review of articles from Medline, CINAHL, Science Direct, Web of Science, ProQuest, and Taylor and Francis synthesized negative emotional experiences during older adult years. Across these six electronic databases, we searched and identified 17 relevant articles from 2005 to 2020 containing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method studies.
RESULTS: Based on the review, we identified five negative emotions (sadness, anxiety, frustration, anger, and loneliness). These negative emotions were rooted in marital problems, separation from families, medical problems, physical functioning and disability, and financial limitations. Additionally, we identified common antecedents of negative emotions.
CONCLUSION: At the center of numerous interventions, older adults are reinvigorated to understand the antecedents of negative emotions. The complex array of emotions, specifically regrets and frustration in later life, is depicted by more negativity than positivity. Such array of emotions could help develop strategies to prevent the causes of regret and frustration that nurses see when working with older adults in a clinical practice setting.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions*
Uncertainty and Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer: Moderating Role of Coping Styles

Ahadzadeh AS, Sharif SP

Cancer Nurs, 2018 3 1;41(6):484-490.
PMID: 29489477 DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000552

BACKGROUND: The negative relationship between uncertainty and quality of life is well reported in the literature. Also, there is abundant research linking coping strategies to cancer patients' quality of life. However, there exists a paucity of information on the moderating effect of coping styles on the relationship between uncertainty and quality of life in cancer patients.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine whether uncertainty in illness is negatively correlated with quality of life and whether this relationship is moderated by coping strategies, namely, problem-focused, avoidant, and active emotional coping.
METHODS: A convenience sample of 135 Malaysian women with breast cancer participated in the study. Participants completed measures of uncertainty in illness, quality of life, and coping styles.
RESULTS: Uncertainty in breast cancer was negatively related to quality of life (β = -0.379, P < .001), and active emotional coping was found to moderate this negative relationship (β = 0.155, P < .05). The model explained 22.20% of the variance of quality of life.
CONCLUSION: Lack of information about breast cancer, treatment, hospitalization, and disease recurrence is related to poorer quality of life. However, this negative relationship becomes weaker when active emotional coping strategies are used.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Nurses and health providers should help patients reduce their uncertainty in illness by providing them information on breast cancer or referring them to relevant sources. Moreover, they could reduce the deleterious effect of uncertainty on quality of life by encouraging patients to use more active emotional coping strategies.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions*
Fulltext The brain in pain

Ahmad AH, Abdul Aziz CB

Malays J Med Sci, 2014 Dec;21(Spec Issue):46-54.
PMID: 25941463 MyJurnal

Pain, while salient, is highly subjective. A sensation perceived as painful by one person may be perceived as uncomfortable, not painful or even pleasant to others. Within the same person, pain may also be modulated according to its threat value and the context in which it is presented. Imaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography, have identified a distributed network in the brain, the pain-relevant brain regions, that encode the sensory-discriminative aspect of pain, as well as its cognitive and affective/emotional factors. Current knowledge also implicates the prefrontal cortex as the modulatory area for pain, with its subdivisions forming the cortico-cortical pathway, an alternative pain modulatory pathway distinct from the descending modulatory pathway of pain. These findings from neuroimaging in human subjects have paved the way for the molecular mechanisms of pain modulation to be explored in animal studies.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Child maltreatment experience among primary school children: a large scale survey in Selangor state, Malaysia

Ahmed A, Choo WY, Marret MJ, Guat-Sim C, Othman S, Chinna K

PLoS One, 2015;10(3):e0119449.
PMID: 25786214 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119449

Official reports of child maltreatment in Malaysia have persistently increased throughout the last decade. However there is a lack of population surveys evaluating the actual burden of child maltreatment, its correlates and its consequences in the country. This cross sectional study employed 2 stage stratified cluster random sampling of public primary schools, to survey 3509 ten to twelve year old school children in Selangor state. It aimed to estimate the prevalence of parental physical and emotional maltreatment, parental neglect and teacher- inflicted physical maltreatment. It further aimed to examine the associations between child maltreatment and important socio-demographic factors; family functioning and symptoms of depression among children. Logistic regression on weighted samples was used to extend results to a population level. Three quarters of 10-12 year olds reported at least one form of maltreatment, with parental physical maltreatment being most common. Males had higher odds of maltreatment in general except for emotional maltreatment. Ethnicity and parental conflict were key factors associated with maltreatment. The study contributes important evidence towards improving public health interventions for child maltreatment prevention in the country.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Bio-psychological perspectives of eating disorders and obesity: a revisited

Ainsah Omar, Osman Che Bakar

ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 2008;9(1):33-41.
MyJurnal

Food is closely related with emotion. It often provides comfort and satisfaction. Some individuals choose to turn to food to curb their negative emotion, resulting in disturbances in
eating patterns, such as overeating which lead to obesity and severely controlling food intake, which culminate in eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating. These disorders are not related to the eating problems per se but often due to underlying or complicated by psychological factors, namely depression, anxiety, impulse control problems and personality. The roles of psychological factors in eating disorders and obesity should therefore not be downplayed. These disorders should be managed comprehensively involving multiple approaches, including not only biological but also psychological interventions provided by a professional team comprising endocrinologists, psychiatrists, dietitians, exercise physicians and surgeons.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Analysis of Facial Occlusion Challenge in Thermal Images for Human Affective State Recognition

Al Qudah M, Mohamed A, Lutfi S

Sensors (Basel), 2023 Mar 27;23(7).
PMID: 37050571 DOI: 10.3390/s23073513

Several studies have been conducted using both visual and thermal facial images to identify human affective states. Despite the advantages of thermal facial images in recognizing spontaneous human affects, few studies have focused on facial occlusion challenges in thermal images, particularly eyeglasses and facial hair occlusion. As a result, three classification models are proposed in this paper to address the problem of thermal occlusion in facial images, with six basic spontaneous emotions being classified. The first proposed model in this paper is based on six main facial regions, including the forehead, tip of the nose, cheeks, mouth, and chin. The second model deconstructs the six main facial regions into multiple subregions to investigate the efficacy of subregions in recognizing the human affective state. The third proposed model in this paper uses selected facial subregions, free of eyeglasses and facial hair (beard, mustaches). Nine statistical features on apex and onset thermal images are implemented. Furthermore, four feature selection techniques with two classification algorithms are proposed for a further investigation. According to the comparative analysis presented in this paper, the results obtained from the three proposed modalities were promising and comparable to those of other studies.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions*
Fulltext Malay sentiment analysis based on combined classification approaches and Senti-lexicon algorithm

Al-Saffar A, Awang S, Tao H, Omar N, Al-Saiagh W, Al-Bared M

PLoS One, 2018;13(4):e0194852.
PMID: 29684036 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194852

Sentiment analysis techniques are increasingly exploited to categorize the opinion text to one or more predefined sentiment classes for the creation and automated maintenance of review-aggregation websites. In this paper, a Malay sentiment analysis classification model is proposed to improve classification performances based on the semantic orientation and machine learning approaches. First, a total of 2,478 Malay sentiment-lexicon phrases and words are assigned with a synonym and stored with the help of more than one Malay native speaker, and the polarity is manually allotted with a score. In addition, the supervised machine learning approaches and lexicon knowledge method are combined for Malay sentiment classification with evaluating thirteen features. Finally, three individual classifiers and a combined classifier are used to evaluate the classification accuracy. In experimental results, a wide-range of comparative experiments is conducted on a Malay Reviews Corpus (MRC), and it demonstrates that the feature extraction improves the performance of Malay sentiment analysis based on the combined classification. However, the results depend on three factors, the features, the number of features and the classification approach.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions*
Manic-Depressive Psychosis (MDP): Western and Islamic approach

Alias J, Mat N

Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 2011;olume 25:22-25.

Personal ups and downs are appropriate responses to the ups and downs of life. However, some experiences emotional extremes in moods and disturbed their normal life. Individuals who have depression at times and mania or hypomania at others are called manic-depressive; and the combination is known as manic-depressive psychosis (MDP). This paper attempts to look at manic-depressive psychosis (MDP) from the western approaches as well as from the Islamic point of view. The treatments proposed by both streams are also provided.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Realistic facial expression of virtual human based on color, sweat, and tears effects

Alkawaz MH, Basori AH, Mohamad D, Mohamed F

ScientificWorldJournal, 2014;2014:367013.
PMID: 25136663 DOI: 10.1155/2014/367013

Generating extreme appearances such as scared awaiting sweating while happy fit for tears (cry) and blushing (anger and happiness) is the key issue in achieving the high quality facial animation. The effects of sweat, tears, and colors are integrated into a single animation model to create realistic facial expressions of 3D avatar. The physical properties of muscles, emotions, or the fluid properties with sweating and tears initiators are incorporated. The action units (AUs) of facial action coding system are merged with autonomous AUs to create expressions including sadness, anger with blushing, happiness with blushing, and fear. Fluid effects such as sweat and tears are simulated using the particle system and smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) methods which are combined with facial animation technique to produce complex facial expressions. The effects of oxygenation of the facial skin color appearance are measured using the pulse oximeter system and the 3D skin analyzer. The result shows that virtual human facial expression is enhanced by mimicking actual sweating and tears simulations for all extreme expressions. The proposed method has contribution towards the development of facial animation industry and game as well as computer graphics.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Recollecting positive and negative autobiographical memories disrupts working memory

Allen RJ, Schaefer A, Falcon T

Acta Psychol (Amst), 2014 Sep;151:237-43.
PMID: 25086225 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.07.003

The present article reports two experiments examining the impact of recollecting emotionally valenced autobiographical memories on subsequent working memory (WM) task performance. Experiment 1 found that negatively valenced recollection significantly disrupted performance on a supra-span spatial WM task. Experiment 2 replicated and extended these findings to a verbal WM task (digit recall), and found that both negative and positive autobiographical recollections had a detrimental effect on verbal WM. In addition, we observed that these disruptive effects were more apparent on early trials, immediately following autobiographical recollection. Overall, these findings show that both positive and negative affect can disrupt WM when the mood-eliciting context is based on autobiographical memories. Furthermore, these results indicate that the emotional disruption of WM can take place across different modalities of WM (verbal and visuo-spatial).

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions*
Fulltext Real-Time Robotic Presentation Skill Scoring Using Multi-Model Analysis and Fuzzy Delphi-Analytic Hierarchy Process

Alshammari RFN, Abd Rahman AH, Arshad H, Albahri OS

Sensors (Basel), 2023 Dec 05;23(24).
PMID: 38139465 DOI: 10.3390/s23249619

Existing methods for scoring student presentations predominantly rely on computer-based implementations and do not incorporate a robotic multi-classification model. This limitation can result in potential misclassification issues as these approaches lack active feature learning capabilities due to fixed camera positions. Moreover, these scoring methods often solely focus on facial expressions and neglect other crucial factors, such as eye contact, hand gestures and body movements, thereby leading to potential biases or inaccuracies in scoring. To address these limitations, this study introduces Robotics-based Presentation Skill Scoring (RPSS), which employs a multi-model analysis. RPSS captures and analyses four key presentation parameters in real time, namely facial expressions, eye contact, hand gestures and body movements, and applies the fuzzy Delphi method for criteria selection and the analytic hierarchy process for weighting, thereby enabling decision makers or managers to assign varying weights to each criterion based on its relative importance. RPSS identifies five academic facial expressions and evaluates eye contact to achieve a comprehensive assessment and enhance its scoring accuracy. Specific sub-models are employed for each presentation parameter, namely EfficientNet for facial emotions, DeepEC for eye contact and an integrated Kalman and heuristic approach for hand and body movements. The scores are determined based on predefined rules. RPSS is implemented on a robot, and the results highlight its practical applicability. Each sub-model is rigorously evaluated offline and compared against benchmarks for selection. Real-world evaluations are also conducted by incorporating a novel active learning approach to improve performance by leveraging the robot's mobility. In a comparative evaluation with human tutors, RPSS achieves a remarkable average agreement of 99%, showcasing its effectiveness in assessing students' presentation skills.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions
Fulltext Post Stroke Laughter – A Case Report

Amarpreet, K., Nor Zuraida, Z., Ng, C.G., Aida, S.A.

Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 2008;17(2):1-5.
MyJurnal

Pathological laughing or crying (PLC) were recognized after the occurrence of stroke, with a prevalence of 15% to 18%. There is no apparent triggering stimulus, and is often misdiagnosed as a mood disorder as it is a disorder of emotional expression rather than a primary disturbance of feeling. We reported a case of a 32 year old lady, who presented with giddiness and altered consciousness progressing to fever and neck stiffness, who’s CT showed a massive left cerebellar infarct. No risk factors were identified. Psychiatrically, she developed sudden crying spells after one month and a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder was made with subsequent commencement of anti-depressants. A week later, she developed continuous inappropriate laughter without the feeling of elation, which was beyond her control. There were no symptoms of mania or psychosis.

Matched MeSH terms: Emotions

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