Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience

Identifying the personal characteristics of parolees that can reduce the likelihood of committing crimes is a great challenge to prison officers in order to ensure that rehabilitation process is handled success-fully. The changes recommended to prisoners under parole are to increase their self-effic...

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Main Authors: Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, Fauziah Ibrahim, Mohamad Suhaimi Mohd, Salina Nen, Norulhuda Sarnon, Khadijah Alavi
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
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author Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman,
Fauziah Ibrahim,
Mohamad Suhaimi Mohd,
Salina Nen,
Norulhuda Sarnon,
Khadijah Alavi,
author_facet Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman,
Fauziah Ibrahim,
Mohamad Suhaimi Mohd,
Salina Nen,
Norulhuda Sarnon,
Khadijah Alavi,
author_sort Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman,
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description Identifying the personal characteristics of parolees that can reduce the likelihood of committing crimes is a great challenge to prison officers in order to ensure that rehabilitation process is handled success-fully. The changes recommended to prisoners under parole are to increase their self-efficacy, develop-ing optimism and maintaining a high level of resilience. This study employs a cross-sectional survey research design. A total of 280 prisoners undergoing parole monitoring were recruited as respondents. A set of questionnaire was used consisting of the General Self-Efficacy Scale, the Positive Thinking Rating Scale and a self-developed resilience scale. Results showed that there were significant correla-tions between self-efficacy, optimism and resilience. Further, findings indicated that optimism partially mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience. Implications are discussed in the context of preventing recidivism among parolees and strategies to increase effectiveness of rehabilitation in the parole system.
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spelling my-ukm.journal-101042017-02-07T10:07:38Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10104/ Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, Fauziah Ibrahim, Mohamad Suhaimi Mohd, Salina Nen, Norulhuda Sarnon, Khadijah Alavi, Identifying the personal characteristics of parolees that can reduce the likelihood of committing crimes is a great challenge to prison officers in order to ensure that rehabilitation process is handled success-fully. The changes recommended to prisoners under parole are to increase their self-efficacy, develop-ing optimism and maintaining a high level of resilience. This study employs a cross-sectional survey research design. A total of 280 prisoners undergoing parole monitoring were recruited as respondents. A set of questionnaire was used consisting of the General Self-Efficacy Scale, the Positive Thinking Rating Scale and a self-developed resilience scale. Results showed that there were significant correla-tions between self-efficacy, optimism and resilience. Further, findings indicated that optimism partially mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience. Implications are discussed in the context of preventing recidivism among parolees and strategies to increase effectiveness of rehabilitation in the parole system. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10104/1/242-895-1-PB.pdf Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman, and Fauziah Ibrahim, and Mohamad Suhaimi Mohd, and Salina Nen, and Norulhuda Sarnon, and Khadijah Alavi, (2016) Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 30 (2). pp. 141-152. ISSN 2289-8174 http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/26
spellingShingle Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman,
Fauziah Ibrahim,
Mohamad Suhaimi Mohd,
Salina Nen,
Norulhuda Sarnon,
Khadijah Alavi,
Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience
title Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience
title_full Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience
title_fullStr Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience
title_full_unstemmed Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience
title_short Rehabilitation through parole system in Malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience
title_sort rehabilitation through parole system in malaysia: the role of optimism as mediating variable in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience
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