The Effectiveness of Drug Rehabilitation Module on the Motivation Achievement among Male Inmates in Malaysia

Jamaludin Ahmad, Tajularipin Sulaiman and Siti Rahmah Bt. Alias

International Journal of Psychological Studies, 2010, vol. 2, issue 2, 70

Abstract: This study on the effects of a Drug Rehabilitation Module on the motivation achievement of Rehabilitation Centreinmates used an experimental research design. Sixty-six respondents of the centre participated and were randomlyassigned to the experimental and control groups. Each group comprised of 33 subjects. The hypotheses were testedusing t-test and Pearson correlation statistics. Result showed that there is a significant difference between the preand post-test measures of motivation achievement in the experimental group, thus proving the effectiveness of theDrug Rehabilitation Module in increasing motivation achievement among Rehabilitation Centre inmates, t (32) =-3.88, p = 0.001. Results also show that there is a significant difference in motivation achievement between theexperimental and control groups, t (32) = -3.82, p = 0.001 at ? = 0.05. However, result show that the mean scoredifference was more pronounced for the experimental group (M=111.21), compared to the control group(M=85.94). In summary, results show that the motivation achievement of rehabilitation centre inmates can beimproved using the module mentioned above. Achievement motivation is a person’s desire to achieve a goal.Hence, more studies with better control need to be conducted to confirm the effectiveness of the above module.The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the module on inmates in Rehabilitation Centre. The study alsoemphasized motivation achievement being measured from various aspects such as goal setting, perseverance,expectattion for success, anxiety level, risks, and attitude as important characteriscs of resilience. Hence, it isconcluded that the rahabilitation module can be used to improve the motivation achievement of RehabilitationCentre inmates.

Date: 2010
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