ERIC Number: EJ1441324
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-2055-6365
EISSN: EISSN-2055-6373
Strengthening the Mental Health Literacy and Self-Efficacy of School Counsellors Using "MDAS" Module: A Pilot Project in Malaysia
Soon Ken Chow; Aili Hanim Hashim; Manveen Kaur; Fatin Liyana Azhar; Abdullah Anuar; Norhaniza Idris; Winnie Hii Sun Sun; Chong Guan Ng
Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, v34 n3 p351-364 2024
Mental health difficulties affect children and adolescents pervasively. School counsellors serve as frontliners to support the students in need, but often face challenges from the complexity of their cases. This study aims to develop a training module named MDAS (Mental Health disorder, Developmental disorders, Attachment and Self-compassionate) program to improve the school counsellors' mental health knowledge and counselling self-efficacy. The Module was adapted from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Training Module for Specialist 2009 (Second Edition). The study adopted a one group pre-test/post-test design to assess 28 school counsellors at 0-month and 4-month after the training. The scales used were Counselling Self-Efficacy scale (COSE), Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) and Self-Compassionate Scale -- Short Form (SCS-SF). Post-training, there were significant increment of COSE and MHLS scores (p < 0.001 and p < 0.046) with Cohen's d of 1.01 and 0.58. Four of the COSE subscales (micro skills, counselling process, cultural competence and dealing with difficult clients' behaviour) significantly increased after MDAS training (p < 0.001, p = 0.006, p = 0.001 and p = 0.01). In addition to increasing the counselling capacity of school counsellors, our training module can serve as a promising platform for mental health professionals and counsellors.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Counselors, Counselor Training, Mental Health, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Counselor Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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