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The Counselors’ Psychological Well Being

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  • Mahani Ismail
  • Shahrir Jamaluddin
  • Melati Sumari

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This study is to identify the level of psychological well-being and to investigate the counselor’s level of psychological well being within the six dimensions in the psychological well being scale. The subjects consisted of 203 counselors who are serving in organization counselors who serve in the Psychology and Counseling Division, Ministry of Education, State Education Department, District Education Office, Institute of Teacher Education and Matriculation College. The instrument used is Ryff Psychological Well-being Scale (Ryff, 1989). It was adopted from the instrument that had been translated into Malay Language. Pilot study was held to determine the reliability of items in the questionnaires. Reliability tests for this research is the analysis of Cronbach Alpha. The reliability coefficient for the scales was .83. The study showed that the level of psychological well being is high (mean = 234.52). The study also showed that four dimensions scored high level with the highest level of mean is Personal Growth (mean=44.93), followed by Positive Relation With Others (mean=42.72), Environment Mastery (mean=40.03) and Purpose in Life (mean=37.05) and only two dimensions scored moderate level (Self – Acceptance (mean=35.41) and Autonomy (mean=33.39).

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  • Mahani Ismail & Shahrir Jamaluddin & Melati Sumari, 2017. "The Counselors’ Psychological Well Being," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7(3), pages 733-738, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:hur:ijarbs:v:7:y:2017:i:3:p:733-738
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