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Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress

Occupational stress is caused by various reasons, such as, workload and long working hours. This leads to occurrence of trend in using wellness activities to treat physical and psychological illness that is known as complementary therapy, which is Yoga, Aromatherapy, Qi gong, and Islamic Medical Pra...

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Main Authors: Nur Aishah, Nor Hashim, Florianna Lendai, Michael Mulok, Helmi, Sumilan
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2015
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B Philosophy (General)
BF Psychology
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41859/4/Complementary%20Therapy%20-%20Copy.pdf
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https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/187
https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.187.2015
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spelling my.unimas.ir.418592023-05-29T02:27:08Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41859/ Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress Nur Aishah, Nor Hashim Florianna Lendai, Michael Mulok Helmi, Sumilan B Philosophy (General) BF Psychology Occupational stress is caused by various reasons, such as, workload and long working hours. This leads to occurrence of trend in using wellness activities to treat physical and psychological illness that is known as complementary therapy, which is Yoga, Aromatherapy, Qi gong, and Islamic Medical Practices (Ruqyah). Therefore, this research offered a perspective on the use of complementary therapies as a tool in improving and maintaining mental health condition of employees located in Penang, Malaysia. Qualitative method was used where 5 complementary therapy practitioners were interviewed to identify the perceptions towards the use of complementary therapy and to identify the type of therapy that can be practiced to reduce stress, as well as, discuss the benefits of complementary therapies. It was found that complementary therapy is very beneficial as it acts as a holistic treatment, natural way of healing and more empowering, as it helps to improve employee’s mental, emotional and physical health. Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2015-09-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41859/4/Complementary%20Therapy%20-%20Copy.pdf Nur Aishah, Nor Hashim and Florianna Lendai, Michael Mulok and Helmi, Sumilan (2015) Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress. Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, 1 (1). pp. 46-62. ISSN 2462-1153 https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/187 https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.187.2015
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topic B Philosophy (General)
BF Psychology
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BF Psychology
Nur Aishah, Nor Hashim
Florianna Lendai, Michael Mulok
Helmi, Sumilan
Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress
description Occupational stress is caused by various reasons, such as, workload and long working hours. This leads to occurrence of trend in using wellness activities to treat physical and psychological illness that is known as complementary therapy, which is Yoga, Aromatherapy, Qi gong, and Islamic Medical Practices (Ruqyah). Therefore, this research offered a perspective on the use of complementary therapies as a tool in improving and maintaining mental health condition of employees located in Penang, Malaysia. Qualitative method was used where 5 complementary therapy practitioners were interviewed to identify the perceptions towards the use of complementary therapy and to identify the type of therapy that can be practiced to reduce stress, as well as, discuss the benefits of complementary therapies. It was found that complementary therapy is very beneficial as it acts as a holistic treatment, natural way of healing and more empowering, as it helps to improve employee’s mental, emotional and physical health.
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author Nur Aishah, Nor Hashim
Florianna Lendai, Michael Mulok
Helmi, Sumilan
author_facet Nur Aishah, Nor Hashim
Florianna Lendai, Michael Mulok
Helmi, Sumilan
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title Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress
title_short Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress
title_full Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress
title_fullStr Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress
title_full_unstemmed Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress
title_sort complementary therapy as an approach in managing occupational stress
publisher Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41859/4/Complementary%20Therapy%20-%20Copy.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41859/
https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/187
https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.187.2015
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