Samsilah Roslan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 250708 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Samsilah Roslan |
| NOMBRES | Samsilah |
| APELLIDO | Roslan |
| FIRMA | ROSLAN S |
| AFILIACIONES | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1795-1606 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
University Students’ Experiences of Nature, Spirituality and Psychological Well-being
There has been growing interest in understanding the factors that contribute to the psychological well-being of university students. University life can be stressful and overwhelming, making it increasingly critical to explore non-clinical, humanistic pathways that can support emotional resilience, mental clarity and personal growth. Among such pathways, nature connectedness and spirituality have emerged as meaningful constructs in promoting ment…
Helicopter Parenting as a Predictor of Academic Achievement and Life Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults at University
Existing literature on helicopter parenting's impact on academic achievement and life satisfaction among emerging adults shows significant variability in findings. To address these inconsistencies, this study applies self-determination theory to examine helicopter parenting as a predictor of these outcomes among university students. Using meta-analytic structural equation modeling based on data from 28 studies (29 samples, n = 9,214), the analysi…
Parental caregivers of adolescents with mental health conditions
Mothers caring for adolescents with mental health conditions face significant emotional, relational, and societal challenges that affect their well-being. Nevertheless, many caregivers demonstrated resilience through the use of diverse coping strategies. These findings highlight the urgent need for structured support systems, mental health education, and caregiver-focused interventions to enhance both caregiver welfare and patient outcomes
Examining the Influence of Savoring Interventions on Positive Emotions in University Students
In higher education, enhancing positive experiences for university students is a top priority. Savoring interventions have been extensively researched to help individuals in experiencing and amplifying specific positive emotions (PEs) within this educational context. The objective of this study is to investigate the overall impact of savoring interventions on PEs of university students. It also aims to determine the effectiveness of different cat…
How Does Cooperative Learning Affect Self-Confidence in Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities in Saudi Arabia? Systematic Review
Despite national policies promoting inclusion in Saudi Arabia, a significant gap between policy and practice persists, with many students with disabilities educated in segregated settings. Collaborative learning is an evidence-based strategy known to support inclusion; however, there is a lack of synthesized evidence on its effectiveness in the Saudi context. Hence, this study aimed to systematically identify, appraise, and synthesize all availab…
A Serial Mediation Model of Negative Life Events on School Adjustment of Left‐Behind Children in Rural China
Left‐behind children in China face increasing challenges in school adjustment due to the complex interaction between negative life events (NLEs), social support systems, and the educational environment. This study aimed to explore the relationships among NLEs, teacher support, positive emotions, and school adjustment, and to determine whether teacher support and positive emotions mediate the effect of NLEs on school adjustment. A questionnaire su…
Afterlife beliefs and obligation to obey the law in high adherence contexts
Previous studies have linked religiosity to a variety of positive outcomes for young people. However, further investigation into the underlying mechanisms that drive this connection is necessary to facilitate these positive outcomes. Some studies have suggested that afterlife reward and punishment beliefs play a role in this connection, as they promote future-oriented thinking. Drawing on Deterrence Theory, this study proposes that afterlife rewa…
Muslim Afterlife Reward and Punishment Beliefs and Expectations Profiles
Literature from the cognitive and cultural evolutionary sciences of religion indicates that afterlife reward and punishment beliefs increase prosociality. Although Muslims are among the strongest adherents in afterlife reward and punishment belief, there is evidence that there are low levels of prosociality in these societies. This study explores this paradox. Because previous studies have mostly relied on variable-centered approaches to analysis…
Malaysian Muslim Youths’ Beliefs and Expectations of Reward and Punishment in the Afterlife
An Experimental Study on the Impact of Positive Education on School Engagement and Psychological Well-being among Boarding School Students in China
Current researchers are paying more and more attention to the impact of school engagement and psychological well-being on the comprehensive development of adolescents in boarding schools, but how to improve them still needs further verification. This study explores the impact of positive education intervention on school engagement and psychological well-being of students in boarding schools in China. The study adopted an experimental design, with…
Factors associated with depression, anxiety, and satisfaction with life among Malaysian parental caregivers of adolescent psychiatric patients
Depression and anxiety are prevalent mental health issues worldwide, especially among parental caregivers. By expanding the family stress model, this cross-sectional study investigated the relevant factors associated with depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and satisfaction with life among Malaysian parental caregivers of adolescent psychiatric patients. Data were collected through questionnaires ( N = 207) across five major public hospitals t…
Seen and Heard
Qualitative research with gifted youth presents unique challenges because of their tendency to display qualities such as perfectionism, overexcitability, and asynchronous development. Studying gifted youth in cultural contexts marked by high power distance between young people and adults can further compound these challenges by limiting gifted youths' feelings of psychological safety during data collection. As a result, gifted youth often withhol…
How Do Self-Esteem, Dispositional Hope, Crisis Self-Efficacy, Mattering, and Gender Differences Affect Teacher Resilience during Covid-19 School Closures
(1) Background: The closure of schools and the transition to online teaching because of the COVID-19 pandemic's restrictions have resulted in significant changes in the workplace. Consequently, several resilience strategies have been implemented, and chief among them focus on the topic of burnout and coping abilities; (2) Purpose: Thus, this study investigates the influence of self-esteem, dispositional hope, and mattering on teacher resilience, …
The Efficacy of Positive Education Intervention for Academic Boredom and Intrinsic Motivation among College Students
(1) Background: The influence of academic boredom and intrinsic motivation on students' learning and achievements is receiving more attention from scholars. Nevertheless, studies on how intervention decreases academic boredom and promotes intrinsic motivation during study remain unexplored. (2) Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether positive education intervention based on the PERMA model would help Chinese college students …
Perceived Stress, Social Support, Emotional Intelligence, and Post-Stress Growth among Chinese Left-Behind Children
This study confirmed that social support is one of the most important factors among left-behind children, from perceived stress to post-stress growth. Furthermore, the study reveals that emotional intelligence can adjust the relationship between perceived stress and social support to post-stress growth. Therefore, for both family education and school education, the result provides a new direction
Can I Pay at Purgatory? The Negative Impact of the Purgatory Ethic in Islamic Societies
The psychological and social effects of the doctrine of purgatory (temporary afterlife punishment) have not received sufficient attention from sociologists. Temporary afterlife punishment (TAP) is any kind of 'temporary' torment a person believes they will receive after death as a result of one's sins, before admission into heaven/paradise. Investigating the effects of TAP beliefs can help to understand their social impact on contemporary Islamic…
Household preparedness for future earthquake disaster risk using an extended theory of planned behavior
Values Related to Moral Behavioral Practice in Malay Students Context
Malaysia is a country that strives to instill noble or good morals and values among the young generation who will lead the country’s development. The importance of values has been clearly stated under the principle of ‘decency and morality, the fifth principle in Malaysian National Principles. Adhering to this principle requires constant effort and has its challenges. This study discusses the practices of moral behavior in the daily lives of Mala…
Parents’ Experience in Children’s Friendship Training Programme for Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The findings highlighted the processes that these parents experienced and encountered while attending the CFT programme, it is important to consider these processes based on how they might impact the effectiveness of the programme. The programme's effectiveness is reliant on the ability to work closely with parents to understand their challenges and explore the type of support they need. This study has analysed the crucial factors that provide an…
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Parent-Assisted Children’s Friendship Training to Improve Social Skills and Friendship Quality in Children with Autism in Malaysia
Background : This study evaluates the effectiveness of parent-assisted children's friendship training intervention for enhancing friendship quality and social skills among children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We conducted a quasi-experimental study to investigate the effective outcomes of social skills and friendship quality in the pre-and post-parent-assisted CFT intervention phases; Methods : to conduct a 12-week field session, 30 chi…
Universality and Normativity of the Attachment Theory in Non-Western Psychiatric and Non-Psychiatric Samples
This study tests for the first time the validity of universality and normativity assumptions related to the attachment theory in a non-Western culture, using a novel design including psychiatric and non-psychiatric samples as part of a comprehensive exploratory and advanced confirmatory framework. Three attachment assessments were distributed to 212 psychiatric outpatients and 300 non-psychiatric samples in Yemen. The results of the fourteen appr…
To Heaven through Hell
The purgatory doctrine, which has played a vital role in Christian culture, states that most believers must experience afterlife punishment in order to be cleansed of their sins before entering Heaven. Traditional Islamic theology rejects the notion of purgatory (Al-Motahher) through the Balance doctrine (Mizan), which states that if the good deeds performed during a Muslim's life outweigh their bad deeds, the person will enter heaven without suf…
Preschool Teachers’ Beliefs towards Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Yemen
It is perplexing that some preschool teachers not only advise parents who have children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to go to religious healers, but also attribute such neurological disorders to the curse of the "evil eye" or vaccines. Although it is now the twentieth century, this behavior simply reflects the concerns of over-protective teachers and the cultural misperceptions about the actual definition of ASD. In Yemen, the term "ASD", …
Mainstream Preschool Teachers’ Skills at Identifying and Referring Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Background: Early intervention will help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to attain early learning reinforcement. This study focuses on exploring the ability of preschool teachers to identify children with ASD and their referral decision-making process. Method: This is a mixed-method study (qualitative and quantitative methods) involving 20 respondents. The qualitative study is based on an open question case study, while the quantitat…
To Heaven or to Hell
Islamic theology emphasizes the importance of achieving balance (equilibrium) between afterlife hope and fear for spiritual health. This study is a preliminary step to measure this phenomenon among young Muslims. The aim of this study is to examine afterlife expectations balance by developing new survey measures of afterlife hope expectations (AHE) and afterlife fear expectations (AFE). After validating the content of both measures, data were col…
To Heaven through Hell
The purgatory doctrine, which has played a vital role in Christian culture, states that most believers must experience afterlife punishment in order to be cleansed of their sins before entering Heaven. Traditional Islamic theology rejects the notion of purgatory (Al-Motahher) through the Balance doctrine (Mizan), which states that if the good deeds performed during a Muslim's life outweigh their bad deeds, the person will enter heaven without suf…
To Heaven or to Hell
Islamic theology emphasizes the importance of achieving balance (equilibrium) between afterlife hope and fear for spiritual health. This study is a preliminary step to measure this phenomenon among young Muslims. The aim of this study is to examine afterlife expectations balance by developing new survey measures of afterlife hope expectations (AHE) and afterlife fear expectations (AFE). After validating the content of both measures, data were col…
Do family environment, parental care and adolescent externalizing problem mediate the relationship between parental readiness and adolescent school performance among commuter families
The lifestyle of commuter families has become a concern in Malaysian society. Commuting and separation from nuclear families may result in negative impacts on the commuters and their families. This study aimed to investigate the relationships among family environment, parental care, parental readiness, and adolescent externalizing problems and adolescent school performance among commuter families by proposing a mediation model. A total of 434 res…
Can I Pay at Purgatory? The Negative Impact of the Purgatory Ethic in Islamic Societies
The psychological and social effects of the doctrine of purgatory (temporary afterlife punishment) have not received sufficient attention from sociologists. Temporary afterlife punishment (TAP) is any kind of 'temporary' torment a person believes they will receive after death as a result of one's sins, before admission into heaven/paradise. Investigating the effects of TAP beliefs can help to understand their social impact on contemporary Islamic…
Emotional Intelligence and At-Risk Students
This study examined the relationships between emotional intelligence (EI) and the delinquent behavior (DB) of the students. The level of DB reported by the students is categorized under the headings of crime, drugs, vandalism, pornography and sexual behavior, other misbehavior, and dishonesty. Meanwhile, EI is investigated by looking at the level of EI domains, such as self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy, social skills, matu…
Preschool Teachers’ Beliefs towards Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Yemen
It is perplexing that some preschool teachers not only advise parents who have children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to go to religious healers, but also attribute such neurological disorders to the curse of the "evil eye" or vaccines. Although it is now the twentieth century, this behavior simply reflects the concerns of over-protective teachers and the cultural misperceptions about the actual definition of ASD. In Yemen, the term "ASD", …
Mainstream Preschool Teachers’ Skills at Identifying and Referring Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Background: Early intervention will help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to attain early learning reinforcement. This study focuses on exploring the ability of preschool teachers to identify children with ASD and their referral decision-making process. Method: This is a mixed-method study (qualitative and quantitative methods) involving 20 respondents. The qualitative study is based on an open question case study, while the quantitat…
To Heaven or to Hell
Islamic theology emphasizes the importance of achieving balance (equilibrium) between afterlife hope and fear for spiritual health. This study is a preliminary step to measure this phenomenon among young Muslims. The aim of this study is to examine afterlife expectations balance by developing new survey measures of afterlife hope expectations (AHE) and afterlife fear expectations (AFE). After validating the content of both measures, data were col…
Do family environment, parental care and adolescent externalizing problem mediate the relationship between parental readiness and adolescent school performance among commuter families
The lifestyle of commuter families has become a concern in Malaysian society. Commuting and separation from nuclear families may result in negative impacts on the commuters and their families. This study aimed to investigate the relationships among family environment, parental care, parental readiness, and adolescent externalizing problems and adolescent school performance among commuter families by proposing a mediation model. A total of 434 res…
Household preparedness for future earthquake disaster risk using an extended theory of planned behavior
Values Related to Moral Behavioral Practice in Malay Students Context
Malaysia is a country that strives to instill noble or good morals and values among the young generation who will lead the country’s development. The importance of values has been clearly stated under the principle of ‘decency and morality, the fifth principle in Malaysian National Principles. Adhering to this principle requires constant effort and has its challenges. This study discusses the practices of moral behavior in the daily lives of Mala…
Parents’ Experience in Children’s Friendship Training Programme for Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The findings highlighted the processes that these parents experienced and encountered while attending the CFT programme, it is important to consider these processes based on how they might impact the effectiveness of the programme. The programme's effectiveness is reliant on the ability to work closely with parents to understand their challenges and explore the type of support they need. This study has analysed the crucial factors that provide an…
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Parent-Assisted Children’s Friendship Training to Improve Social Skills and Friendship Quality in Children with Autism in Malaysia
Background : This study evaluates the effectiveness of parent-assisted children's friendship training intervention for enhancing friendship quality and social skills among children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We conducted a quasi-experimental study to investigate the effective outcomes of social skills and friendship quality in the pre-and post-parent-assisted CFT intervention phases; Methods : to conduct a 12-week field session, 30 chi…
Universality and Normativity of the Attachment Theory in Non-Western Psychiatric and Non-Psychiatric Samples
This study tests for the first time the validity of universality and normativity assumptions related to the attachment theory in a non-Western culture, using a novel design including psychiatric and non-psychiatric samples as part of a comprehensive exploratory and advanced confirmatory framework. Three attachment assessments were distributed to 212 psychiatric outpatients and 300 non-psychiatric samples in Yemen. The results of the fourteen appr…
To Heaven through Hell
The purgatory doctrine, which has played a vital role in Christian culture, states that most believers must experience afterlife punishment in order to be cleansed of their sins before entering Heaven. Traditional Islamic theology rejects the notion of purgatory (Al-Motahher) through the Balance doctrine (Mizan), which states that if the good deeds performed during a Muslim's life outweigh their bad deeds, the person will enter heaven without suf…
How Do Self-Esteem, Dispositional Hope, Crisis Self-Efficacy, Mattering, and Gender Differences Affect Teacher Resilience during Covid-19 School Closures
(1) Background: The closure of schools and the transition to online teaching because of the COVID-19 pandemic's restrictions have resulted in significant changes in the workplace. Consequently, several resilience strategies have been implemented, and chief among them focus on the topic of burnout and coping abilities; (2) Purpose: Thus, this study investigates the influence of self-esteem, dispositional hope, and mattering on teacher resilience, …
The Efficacy of Positive Education Intervention for Academic Boredom and Intrinsic Motivation among College Students
(1) Background: The influence of academic boredom and intrinsic motivation on students' learning and achievements is receiving more attention from scholars. Nevertheless, studies on how intervention decreases academic boredom and promotes intrinsic motivation during study remain unexplored. (2) Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether positive education intervention based on the PERMA model would help Chinese college students …
Perceived Stress, Social Support, Emotional Intelligence, and Post-Stress Growth among Chinese Left-Behind Children
This study confirmed that social support is one of the most important factors among left-behind children, from perceived stress to post-stress growth. Furthermore, the study reveals that emotional intelligence can adjust the relationship between perceived stress and social support to post-stress growth. Therefore, for both family education and school education, the result provides a new direction
Can I Pay at Purgatory? The Negative Impact of the Purgatory Ethic in Islamic Societies
The psychological and social effects of the doctrine of purgatory (temporary afterlife punishment) have not received sufficient attention from sociologists. Temporary afterlife punishment (TAP) is any kind of 'temporary' torment a person believes they will receive after death as a result of one's sins, before admission into heaven/paradise. Investigating the effects of TAP beliefs can help to understand their social impact on contemporary Islamic…
An Experimental Study on the Impact of Positive Education on School Engagement and Psychological Well-being among Boarding School Students in China
Current researchers are paying more and more attention to the impact of school engagement and psychological well-being on the comprehensive development of adolescents in boarding schools, but how to improve them still needs further verification. This study explores the impact of positive education intervention on school engagement and psychological well-being of students in boarding schools in China. The study adopted an experimental design, with…
Factors associated with depression, anxiety, and satisfaction with life among Malaysian parental caregivers of adolescent psychiatric patients
Depression and anxiety are prevalent mental health issues worldwide, especially among parental caregivers. By expanding the family stress model, this cross-sectional study investigated the relevant factors associated with depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and satisfaction with life among Malaysian parental caregivers of adolescent psychiatric patients. Data were collected through questionnaires ( N = 207) across five major public hospitals t…
Seen and Heard
Qualitative research with gifted youth presents unique challenges because of their tendency to display qualities such as perfectionism, overexcitability, and asynchronous development. Studying gifted youth in cultural contexts marked by high power distance between young people and adults can further compound these challenges by limiting gifted youths' feelings of psychological safety during data collection. As a result, gifted youth often withhol…
Examining the Influence of Savoring Interventions on Positive Emotions in University Students
In higher education, enhancing positive experiences for university students is a top priority. Savoring interventions have been extensively researched to help individuals in experiencing and amplifying specific positive emotions (PEs) within this educational context. The objective of this study is to investigate the overall impact of savoring interventions on PEs of university students. It also aims to determine the effectiveness of different cat…
How Does Cooperative Learning Affect Self-Confidence in Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities in Saudi Arabia? Systematic Review
Despite national policies promoting inclusion in Saudi Arabia, a significant gap between policy and practice persists, with many students with disabilities educated in segregated settings. Collaborative learning is an evidence-based strategy known to support inclusion; however, there is a lack of synthesized evidence on its effectiveness in the Saudi context. Hence, this study aimed to systematically identify, appraise, and synthesize all availab…
A Serial Mediation Model of Negative Life Events on School Adjustment of Left‐Behind Children in Rural China
Left‐behind children in China face increasing challenges in school adjustment due to the complex interaction between negative life events (NLEs), social support systems, and the educational environment. This study aimed to explore the relationships among NLEs, teacher support, positive emotions, and school adjustment, and to determine whether teacher support and positive emotions mediate the effect of NLEs on school adjustment. A questionnaire su…
Afterlife beliefs and obligation to obey the law in high adherence contexts
Previous studies have linked religiosity to a variety of positive outcomes for young people. However, further investigation into the underlying mechanisms that drive this connection is necessary to facilitate these positive outcomes. Some studies have suggested that afterlife reward and punishment beliefs play a role in this connection, as they promote future-oriented thinking. Drawing on Deterrence Theory, this study proposes that afterlife rewa…
Muslim Afterlife Reward and Punishment Beliefs and Expectations Profiles
Literature from the cognitive and cultural evolutionary sciences of religion indicates that afterlife reward and punishment beliefs increase prosociality. Although Muslims are among the strongest adherents in afterlife reward and punishment belief, there is evidence that there are low levels of prosociality in these societies. This study explores this paradox. Because previous studies have mostly relied on variable-centered approaches to analysis…
Malaysian Muslim Youths’ Beliefs and Expectations of Reward and Punishment in the Afterlife
University Students’ Experiences of Nature, Spirituality and Psychological Well-being
There has been growing interest in understanding the factors that contribute to the psychological well-being of university students. University life can be stressful and overwhelming, making it increasingly critical to explore non-clinical, humanistic pathways that can support emotional resilience, mental clarity and personal growth. Among such pathways, nature connectedness and spirituality have emerged as meaningful constructs in promoting ment…
Psychology (22 obras) · Social Psychology (15 obras) · Developmental psychology (10 obras) · Clinical Psychology (8 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Afterlife (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Medicine (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras)