A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents

The present study was carried out to test the effectiveness of a resilience-based intervention in improving at-risk adolescents’ perceived social support, life satisfaction and distress. A program named “Percaya Diri dan Cemerlang” (Believe in Oneself and Excel) was developed to increase resilience...

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Main Authors: Alwi, Azlin, M. Noor, Noraini, Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2014
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author Alwi, Azlin
M. Noor, Noraini
Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie
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M. Noor, Noraini
Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie
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description The present study was carried out to test the effectiveness of a resilience-based intervention in improving at-risk adolescents’ perceived social support, life satisfaction and distress. A program named “Percaya Diri dan Cemerlang” (Believe in Oneself and Excel) was developed to increase resilience in adolescents. It integrates various skills such as goal-achievement, teamwork, relationship between activating events-behaviour-consequences, and problem solving. The participants had to attend a 90 minutes session, each week, for 12-week. It was hypothesized that at-risk adolescents who participated in the program would report more social support, higher life satisfaction and lower distress than a control group who did not undergo the program. Thirty three at-risk adolescents were divided into two groups: the treatment group (n=16) and the control group (n=17). The two groups completed pre- and post-test scores on the three measures of support, life satisfaction, and distress. Results showed that adolescents in the treatment group reported higher social support, but no difference was observed in their life satisfaction and distress scores. The qualitative results provided additional support, indicating the possible beneficial effects of such programs on at-risk adolescents.
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spelling iium-385642018-03-06T01:15:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38564/ A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents Alwi, Azlin M. Noor, Noraini Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie BF712 Developmental psychology The present study was carried out to test the effectiveness of a resilience-based intervention in improving at-risk adolescents’ perceived social support, life satisfaction and distress. A program named “Percaya Diri dan Cemerlang” (Believe in Oneself and Excel) was developed to increase resilience in adolescents. It integrates various skills such as goal-achievement, teamwork, relationship between activating events-behaviour-consequences, and problem solving. The participants had to attend a 90 minutes session, each week, for 12-week. It was hypothesized that at-risk adolescents who participated in the program would report more social support, higher life satisfaction and lower distress than a control group who did not undergo the program. Thirty three at-risk adolescents were divided into two groups: the treatment group (n=16) and the control group (n=17). The two groups completed pre- and post-test scores on the three measures of support, life satisfaction, and distress. Results showed that adolescents in the treatment group reported higher social support, but no difference was observed in their life satisfaction and distress scores. The qualitative results provided additional support, indicating the possible beneficial effects of such programs on at-risk adolescents. 2014-06 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38564/15/38564_A%20resilience%20based%20intervention_new.pdf Alwi, Azlin and M. Noor, Noraini and Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie (2014) A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents. In: International Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2014, 11th - 13th June 2014, Cultural Activity Centre (CAC), International Islamic University Malaysia. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle BF712 Developmental psychology
Alwi, Azlin
M. Noor, Noraini
Janon, Nazariah Shar'ie
A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents
title A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents
title_full A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents
title_fullStr A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents
title_full_unstemmed A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents
title_short A resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents
title_sort resilience based intervention for at-risk adolescents
topic BF712 Developmental psychology
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/38564/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38564/15/38564_A%20resilience%20based%20intervention_new.pdf