Journal of Counseling, Education and Society
Vol 2, No 1 (2021): Journal of Counseling, Education and Society

Exploration of risk factors by applying respectful model among drug addicts of malay ethnic

Merikan Aren (Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia)
Fatin Farhanah Matjelan (Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jan 2021

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore the risk factors by applying respectful Model among drug addicts of Malay ethnic in Sarawak, Malaysia. Data and information were gathered from 3 participants from CCSC, Kuching. Qualitative research methodology is used in this research and the data were collected by using group counselling sessions and audio recorded. The data were analyzed using content analysis from the group counselling sessions and applying respectful Model to achieve final results. The findings have shown that there were risk factors that affect the drug addicts based on domain from respectful Model, Psychological maturity and personal style (P), location of residences (L) and family background (F). Another factor that affects drug addiction is peer pressure. The study contributes to the existing pool of knowledge to the pattern of drug addictions in Malaysia. In addition, it will be useful towards the authorities in identifying the specific factors affecting the drug addicts to reduce the number of relapse and drug addicts. On the other hand, the result of this study could help counsellor to understand the clients that are involved in drug addiction in depth.

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jces

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Humanities Education Neuroscience Public Health Social Sciences

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Journal of Counseling, Education and Society a peer-refereed open-access international journal that has been established for the dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of education, teaching, development, instruction, educational projects and innovations, learning methodologies, ...