Raphiq Ibrahim
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 79611 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Raphiq Ibrahim |
| NOMBRES | Raphiq |
| APELLIDO | Ibrahim |
| FIRMA | IBRAHIM R |
| AFILIACIONES | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2102-141X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Designing rehabilitation playthings for people living with alzheimer’s disease
Rehabilitation playthings (RPTs) are increasingly recognized as non-pharmacological tools for supporting cognitive function, emotional well-being, and social interaction among people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, there remains a lack of discussion on how RPTs should be designed to address the specific cognitive, emotional, and functional characteristics of this population. This study employed a focus group discussion to systemati…
Beyond the Individual
The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) has become a foundational framework for analyzing dyadic data, but systematic reviews synthesizing how longitudinal APIM has been applied across disciplines and populations are limited. This systematic review examined 73 longitudinal APIM studies published between 2008 and 2025, analyzing methodological practices, analytical strategies, and population diversity. Studies were included if they used API…
Caring in Silence
Insights into Healthy Ageing in Malaysia
Covid-19 infection prevention and control program for aged care providers
Given the high turnover of care workers in residential aged care facilities, continuous training on infection prevention and control (IPC) remains essential even after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined the impact of a Telegram-based training on aged care providers’ IPC knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy. A two-arm, pre-post quasi-experimental study with repeated measures at week 2 (T1) and week 4 (T2) was conducted for seventy-two (72) …
The relationship between smartphone use and cognitive function among Chinese community-dwelling older adults
This study explored the relationship between smartphone use and cognitive function among older adults in Chinese communities, integrating both self-reported and objective data. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 209 participants aged 60 and above. The results showed that longer years of smartphone use, a greater variety of applications (apps), and the use of non-social apps was positively associated with cognitive function. In contrast, …
Preserving Qur’an Through Blind Eyes
The present study aimed to investigate the self-regulation of blind people in memorizing the Qur’an. Eight blind Qur’an memorizers were interviewed about the internal motivation of Qur’an memorization, self-regulation, and Qur’an memorization with vision impairment. The research was conducted using a phenomenological approach on exploration of the lived experience of eight blind memorizers, who were selected using purposive and snowball technique…
Effects of a Multi-Component Training Program on Healthy Older Adults' Prospective Memory Performance
Prospective Memory (PM) is a cognitive function affected by aging. PM is the memory of future intentions and is significantly involved in everyday life, especially among older adults. Nevertheless, there are a few studies focused on PM training among healthy older adults and these studies did not report the optimal duration of training regarding improving PM performance among older adults. The present study aimed to determine the effective durati…
Do Living Arrangements and Social Network Influence the Mental Health Status of Older Adults in Malaysia
Living arrangement has been reported to have a significant influence on several mental health statuses of older adults, but their social network may confound this association. This study is aimed at examining the interactive effect of living arrangements and social network on the mental health status among older adults in Malaysia. A total of 2,188 Malaysian older adults living nationwide were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants …
Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age
Objective: Study aimed to identify the prevalence of falls and associated contributory factors among older Malaysians. Methods: A cross sectional study among community dwelling older adults aged 50 years and above. Self-administered questionnaires on history of falls in the previous 12 months, physical assessment and computerized and clinical measures of balance were assessed on a single occasion. Results: Forty nine (31.0%) participants fell, wi…
Portrait Representation of Postmenopausal Women’s Experiences of Living With Urinary Incontinence
This study explored the meaning of the experiences of community-dwelling postmenopausal women who were born and grew up in a Muslim country when drawing a picture about their lived experiences of urinary incontinence. Hermeneutic phenomenology underpinned the study's interpretive research approach. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted in two sessions with nine postmenopausal women. The participants were asked to draw a picture about…
Spousal Death Anxiety in Old Age
Anxiety toward one’s own death has been extensively studied and conceptualized. However, the fear of death of others particularly of spouse in later life, which may be worse than individual’s death anxiety, has not been investigated. The present research aims to study spousal death anxiety among Malaysian middle-aged and older couples. The study subjects, consisting of 300 couples aged 50 years and older, were obtained from a national cross-secti…
Number Processing in Arabic and Hebrew Bilinguals
In the current study, a direct assessment of the effect of presentation language and format on the compatibility effect of two-digit numbers was made by contrasting performance of Arabic/Hebrew bilinguals in a digital (Hindi digits/Arabic digits) and verbal numerical comparison task (Arabic an inverted language: units-decades and Hebrew a non-inverted language: decades-units). Our data revealed in digital presentation format a regular compatibili…
How do previously acquired languages affect acquisition of English as a foreign language
The present study aims to examine the linguistic and orthographic proximity hypothesis in new script acquisition by comparing the performance of Circassian L1 speaking children who are emerging quadri-literates with Hebrew L1 speaking children who are emerging biliterates. Tests in decoding and spelling various English target conventions were conducted. Thirty 10 year old Circassian L1 speaking children were compared to 46 Hebrew L1 speaking chil…
Number processing of A rabic and H ebrew bilinguals
In the current study, a direct assessment of the effect of language lexical‐syntactic structure and magnitude semantic access on numerical processing was made by contrasting the performance of A rabic/ H ebrew bilinguals in a digital ( H indi‐digits/ A rabic‐digits) and verbal numerical comparison task ( A rabic, an inverted language: Units‐Decades, H ebrew, a non‐inverted language: Decades‐Units). Our data revealed in the digital presentation fo…
Loneliness as a Risk Factor for Hypertension in Later Life
The results show loneliness as a major risk factor for hypertension and call for health care professionals to be aware of the negative physiological effects of loneliness in old age
Unmet needs among disabled elderly Malaysians
Moderating effect of religiosity on the relationship between social isolation and psychological well-being
It is known that social isolation is negatively associated to psychological well-being. Hence, it is imperative to identify factors that may moderate this association. This study aimed to examine the moderating effect of religiosity on the relationship between social isolation and psychological well-being among a sample of 1415 community-dwelling older Malay Muslims age 60 years and over. The data for this study came from a national survey entitl…
Religiosity Among Older Muslim Malaysians
Gender differences in religiosity have been studied in non-Islamic countries and it has been noted consistently that women tend to be more religious than men. However, the role of gender in relation to religiosity is not clear among adherents of the Islamic faith. This study aimed to explore gender differences in religiosity among 1,415 (n = 722 women; n = 693 men) Muslim Malaysians aged 60 years and older. Data for this study came from a nationa…
Mediating Effects of Social and Personal Religiosity on the Psychological Well Being of Widowed Elderly People
Spousal death is one the most stressful life events that seriously affects the psychological well being of widowed. This study examined the mediating effects of social and personal religiosity on the psychological well being of widowed elderly people. The sample for this study was comprised of 1367 widowed and married elderly Muslims from Malaysia. Psychological well being, religiosity, and physical health were measured using WHO-5 Well being Ind…
Listening with an Accent
Speaking Hebrew with an accent
The study examines a hypothesis that the degree of accent in L2 is related to a measure of ego permeability. Native Hebrew speakers, native Russian-speaking immigrants, and Arabic-speaking Israeli natives participated. All were students at the University of Haifa, where the language of instruction is Hebrew. The participants were recorded producing two speech segments and the recorded segments of speech were played to a group of 20 native Hebrew …
Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Performance
Is Literary Arabic a Second Language for Native Arab Speakers
Phonological Processing of Second Language Phonemes
We present a case study of a Russian-Hebrew bilingual transcortical sensory aphasic. In general, aphasic symptoms are similar in the 2 languages, with Hebrew being somewhat more impaired. However, the patient reveals a difference in her ability to perceive phonemes in the context of Hebrew words that is dependent on whether they are presented in a Russian or a native accent. This finding is interpreted as showing that a mediating mechanism that a…
Is Literary Arabic a Second Language for Native Arab Speakers
Unmet needs among disabled elderly Malaysians
Loneliness as a Risk Factor for Hypertension in Later Life
The results show loneliness as a major risk factor for hypertension and call for health care professionals to be aware of the negative physiological effects of loneliness in old age
Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Performance
Listening with an Accent
Phonological Processing of Second Language Phonemes
We present a case study of a Russian-Hebrew bilingual transcortical sensory aphasic. In general, aphasic symptoms are similar in the 2 languages, with Hebrew being somewhat more impaired. However, the patient reveals a difference in her ability to perceive phonemes in the context of Hebrew words that is dependent on whether they are presented in a Russian or a native accent. This finding is interpreted as showing that a mediating mechanism that a…
Phonological Processing of Second Language Phonemes
We present a case study of a Russian-Hebrew bilingual transcortical sensory aphasic. In general, aphasic symptoms are similar in the 2 languages, with Hebrew being somewhat more impaired. However, the patient reveals a difference in her ability to perceive phonemes in the context of Hebrew words that is dependent on whether they are presented in a Russian or a native accent. This finding is interpreted as showing that a mediating mechanism that a…
Is Literary Arabic a Second Language for Native Arab Speakers
Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Performance
Speaking Hebrew with an accent
The study examines a hypothesis that the degree of accent in L2 is related to a measure of ego permeability. Native Hebrew speakers, native Russian-speaking immigrants, and Arabic-speaking Israeli natives participated. All were students at the University of Haifa, where the language of instruction is Hebrew. The participants were recorded producing two speech segments and the recorded segments of speech were played to a group of 20 native Hebrew …
Listening with an Accent
Religiosity Among Older Muslim Malaysians
Gender differences in religiosity have been studied in non-Islamic countries and it has been noted consistently that women tend to be more religious than men. However, the role of gender in relation to religiosity is not clear among adherents of the Islamic faith. This study aimed to explore gender differences in religiosity among 1,415 (n = 722 women; n = 693 men) Muslim Malaysians aged 60 years and older. Data for this study came from a nationa…
Mediating Effects of Social and Personal Religiosity on the Psychological Well Being of Widowed Elderly People
Spousal death is one the most stressful life events that seriously affects the psychological well being of widowed. This study examined the mediating effects of social and personal religiosity on the psychological well being of widowed elderly people. The sample for this study was comprised of 1367 widowed and married elderly Muslims from Malaysia. Psychological well being, religiosity, and physical health were measured using WHO-5 Well being Ind…
Moderating effect of religiosity on the relationship between social isolation and psychological well-being
It is known that social isolation is negatively associated to psychological well-being. Hence, it is imperative to identify factors that may moderate this association. This study aimed to examine the moderating effect of religiosity on the relationship between social isolation and psychological well-being among a sample of 1415 community-dwelling older Malay Muslims age 60 years and over. The data for this study came from a national survey entitl…
Loneliness as a Risk Factor for Hypertension in Later Life
The results show loneliness as a major risk factor for hypertension and call for health care professionals to be aware of the negative physiological effects of loneliness in old age
Unmet needs among disabled elderly Malaysians
How do previously acquired languages affect acquisition of English as a foreign language
The present study aims to examine the linguistic and orthographic proximity hypothesis in new script acquisition by comparing the performance of Circassian L1 speaking children who are emerging quadri-literates with Hebrew L1 speaking children who are emerging biliterates. Tests in decoding and spelling various English target conventions were conducted. Thirty 10 year old Circassian L1 speaking children were compared to 46 Hebrew L1 speaking chil…
Number processing of A rabic and H ebrew bilinguals
In the current study, a direct assessment of the effect of language lexical‐syntactic structure and magnitude semantic access on numerical processing was made by contrasting the performance of A rabic/ H ebrew bilinguals in a digital ( H indi‐digits/ A rabic‐digits) and verbal numerical comparison task ( A rabic, an inverted language: Units‐Decades, H ebrew, a non‐inverted language: Decades‐Units). Our data revealed in the digital presentation fo…
Portrait Representation of Postmenopausal Women’s Experiences of Living With Urinary Incontinence
This study explored the meaning of the experiences of community-dwelling postmenopausal women who were born and grew up in a Muslim country when drawing a picture about their lived experiences of urinary incontinence. Hermeneutic phenomenology underpinned the study's interpretive research approach. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted in two sessions with nine postmenopausal women. The participants were asked to draw a picture about…
Spousal Death Anxiety in Old Age
Anxiety toward one’s own death has been extensively studied and conceptualized. However, the fear of death of others particularly of spouse in later life, which may be worse than individual’s death anxiety, has not been investigated. The present research aims to study spousal death anxiety among Malaysian middle-aged and older couples. The study subjects, consisting of 300 couples aged 50 years and older, were obtained from a national cross-secti…
Number Processing in Arabic and Hebrew Bilinguals
In the current study, a direct assessment of the effect of presentation language and format on the compatibility effect of two-digit numbers was made by contrasting performance of Arabic/Hebrew bilinguals in a digital (Hindi digits/Arabic digits) and verbal numerical comparison task (Arabic an inverted language: units-decades and Hebrew a non-inverted language: decades-units). Our data revealed in digital presentation format a regular compatibili…
Effects of a Multi-Component Training Program on Healthy Older Adults' Prospective Memory Performance
Prospective Memory (PM) is a cognitive function affected by aging. PM is the memory of future intentions and is significantly involved in everyday life, especially among older adults. Nevertheless, there are a few studies focused on PM training among healthy older adults and these studies did not report the optimal duration of training regarding improving PM performance among older adults. The present study aimed to determine the effective durati…
Do Living Arrangements and Social Network Influence the Mental Health Status of Older Adults in Malaysia
Living arrangement has been reported to have a significant influence on several mental health statuses of older adults, but their social network may confound this association. This study is aimed at examining the interactive effect of living arrangements and social network on the mental health status among older adults in Malaysia. A total of 2,188 Malaysian older adults living nationwide were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants …
Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age
Objective: Study aimed to identify the prevalence of falls and associated contributory factors among older Malaysians. Methods: A cross sectional study among community dwelling older adults aged 50 years and above. Self-administered questionnaires on history of falls in the previous 12 months, physical assessment and computerized and clinical measures of balance were assessed on a single occasion. Results: Forty nine (31.0%) participants fell, wi…
Preserving Qur’an Through Blind Eyes
The present study aimed to investigate the self-regulation of blind people in memorizing the Qur’an. Eight blind Qur’an memorizers were interviewed about the internal motivation of Qur’an memorization, self-regulation, and Qur’an memorization with vision impairment. The research was conducted using a phenomenological approach on exploration of the lived experience of eight blind memorizers, who were selected using purposive and snowball technique…
Covid-19 infection prevention and control program for aged care providers
Given the high turnover of care workers in residential aged care facilities, continuous training on infection prevention and control (IPC) remains essential even after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined the impact of a Telegram-based training on aged care providers’ IPC knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy. A two-arm, pre-post quasi-experimental study with repeated measures at week 2 (T1) and week 4 (T2) was conducted for seventy-two (72) …
The relationship between smartphone use and cognitive function among Chinese community-dwelling older adults
This study explored the relationship between smartphone use and cognitive function among older adults in Chinese communities, integrating both self-reported and objective data. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 209 participants aged 60 and above. The results showed that longer years of smartphone use, a greater variety of applications (apps), and the use of non-social apps was positively associated with cognitive function. In contrast, …
Designing rehabilitation playthings for people living with alzheimer’s disease
Rehabilitation playthings (RPTs) are increasingly recognized as non-pharmacological tools for supporting cognitive function, emotional well-being, and social interaction among people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, there remains a lack of discussion on how RPTs should be designed to address the specific cognitive, emotional, and functional characteristics of this population. This study employed a focus group discussion to systemati…
Beyond the Individual
The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) has become a foundational framework for analyzing dyadic data, but systematic reviews synthesizing how longitudinal APIM has been applied across disciplines and populations are limited. This systematic review examined 73 longitudinal APIM studies published between 2008 and 2025, analyzing methodological practices, analytical strategies, and population diversity. Studies were included if they used API…
Caring in Silence
Insights into Healthy Ageing in Malaysia
Psychology (19 obras) · Medicine (11 obras) · Gerontology (8 obras) · Linguistics (8 obras) · Reading and Literacy Development (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Cognition (5 obras) · Demography (5 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 obras)