Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: March | Volume: 10 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 1-10
Negative Life Events, Resilience and Depression among Moral Rehabilitation Centre Students’ of Sekolah Tunas Bakti in Malaysia
Normawati Yusoff1, Norhayati Ibrahim2, Normawati Ahmad3
1Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
2Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
3Institute for Health Behavioural Research, Ministry of Health Malaysia.
Corresponding Author: Normawati Ahmad
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to examine the relationship between negative life events, resilience and depression among moral rehabilitation center students’ of Sekolah Tunas Bakti (STB). It was a cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaire to a total of 171 STB students. Questionnaires used include Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI II), Ego Resilience Scale (ER89) and the Adolescent Life Events Questionnaire (ALEQ). Data were analysed using t-test, correlation and multiple linear regression. The results showed that there were no significant differences in depression by gender and age. There were significant correlation between negative life events and depression. There was a significant negative correlation between resilience and depression and this means high resilience can reduce depression. Resilience and negative life events related to parents and family had been found to be a major predictor to depression. This study provides input and improves understanding of the relationship between negative life events, resilience and depression. These findings can be used as guidelines for STB regarding the risk of depression among its students and when developing intervention programmes to improve resilience and reduce the level of depression.
Key words: Knowledge and practice, child survival strategies, mothers, south Nigeria.