KEYNOTE / INVITED SPEAKER
Prof. dr. (Em.). Gilles van Luijtelaar
* Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands).
* Professor of Biological Psychology.
Expert in EEG, Psychopharmacology and Neuropsychology.
The awareness of the urgency to have neuropsychological tests adapted for cultures and in countries for whom and in which the tests were not originally developed gained a higher place on the research agenda. Earlier, mainly age, education, and sex were frequently studied in Caucasian populations, although the awareness that race, ethnicity, the proficiency of the native language spoken, the language of the assessment, and acculturation affect the test scores. Research on whether the instruments developed in Western countries have sufficient reliability, sensitivity, and construct validity in different cultural groups is still in its infancy. Typical for Indonesia is that the national language is not the first language for most Indonesians. A consortium of Indonesian universities collected data on performances of ten neuropsychological tests assessed in Bahasa Indonesian in various parts of the archipelago and investigated the role of the demographic variables age and formal level of education, and whether the spoken languages at home, and in public, and ethnicity plays a role in the performance. It was found age and education affected most of the scores on the ten tests and that spoken languages affected the scores on the language tests. Ethnic differences were found on the performance of the language tests, which might be due to differences between ethnic groups in the language spoken at home.
Prof. Angelica Irah Mari A. Pallasigui, RPm, MAPsy
* De La Salle University Dasmarinas
(the Philippines)
* Clinical and Mental Health Psychologist
This presentation will delve into the application of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) techniques to address the multifaceted biopsychosocial issues experienced by women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a complex condition with significant biological, psychological, and social implications. The topic will cover: Biological Dimensions: Understanding the physiological and hormonal aspects of PCOS and how MBSR can positively influence stress markers, inflammation, and insulin sensitivity. Psychological Dimensions: Exploring the mental health challenges faced by women with PCOS, including anxiety, depression, and body image concerns, and how MBSR can alleviate these issues. Social Dimensions: Addressing the social stigma, relationship dynamics, and workplace stress associated with PCOS, and the role of MBSR in enhancing social support and communication skills.
Dr. A. Rachmad Djati Winarno, MS
* Soegijapranata Catholic University
* Health Psychology
The theory of planned behavior has been used as theoretical framework more many research since it was introduced. A wide range of research on human behaviors, including health behaviors, has been conducted using the framework. This study is a literature review of research on health behaviors in Indonesian context, to understand the applicability of the theory of planned behavior in predicting health behaviors of Indonesians. Behaviors included in those research are oral health, COVID prevention, fish consumption, green product purchase or use, steroid use, help seeking behaviors, smoking, breast feeding, driving, antibiotics use, and self-care. The participants are general as well as spesific population, such as adolescent, students, diabetic patients, transgender, and bodybuilders. Those studies used original theory of planned behavior, or with several variations, such as extended version, excluding behavior or excluding intention. The findings vary, but mostly support the theory. Attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control or self-efficacy are predictive to intention. Among the predictors, perceived behavioral control is the most powerful predictor for intention. Intention and behavioral control, in many research, correlated with behavior. Several studies also found that intention plays mediating variable between the three predictors and behavior. This literature study reveals that theory planned behavior, to some extent, can be used to predict health behaviors among Indonesians. However, further studies are important for the development of model to explain health behaviors in Indonesia, while taking into consideration background variables that possibly influence the model.
Denise Peels, Ph.D
* Open University
(the Netherlands)
* Assistant Professor in Health Psychology
Regular physical activity (PA) among older adults is a major focus of health and ageing research because of its high public health benefits, within a broad biopsychosocial perspective. In recent decades, a wide range of interventions have been developed and shown to be effective in promoting PA in older adults. However, the public health impact of PA interventions depends not only on their efficacy, but also on their reach and use in practice; if older adults do not use the intervention, it will have no impact on public health. Although the high level of non-participation in PA interventions among older adults is often reported, most research to date seems to focus on the demographic characteristics of the end-user or within the characteristics of the interventions as possible explanations for non-participation. There is still limited focus on the stakeholders (i.e. the intermediary organisation) who play an important role in delivering the intervention to the end-user, and limited focus on the recruitment strategies themselves. In our research, we investigated why the uptake of PA interventions by stakeholders (n = 31) is still limited. We also explored the perceptions of older adults (n = 39) themselves about the strategies used to recruit them to participate in a PA intervention. Insights from both stakeholders and older adults themselves demonstrated the importance of incorporating a broad biopsychosocial perspective when engaging older adults in PA. This presentation will present the results of both studies.
Assoc. Prof. Dr.Marijtje Jongsma
* Radboud University Nijmegen
(the Netherlands)
* Neuropsychologist and an EEG-ERP expert
The biological perspective Cerebral palsy and the brain: causes and consequences Brain injury during gestation or early childhood often has profound effects on motor development and subsequent independence of the affected child. Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common cause of such a brain injury, with unilateral motor impairments evident in 30–40% of the cases. Pathogenesis of unilateral CP is varied and may include brain malformation, unilateral bias of periventricular hemorrhage, peri-ventricular leukomalacia, post-hemorrhagic porencephaly, or middle cerebral artery infarct. The (neuro)psychological perspective Learning theories in understanding learned non-use in cerebral palsy One frequent clinical observation in unilateral CP is a decreased use of the contra-lesional hand in spite of latent functional ability. This discrepancy between latent functional ability and yet reduced usage in everyday life has been termed Learned Non-Use (LNU) and is assumed to be brought about by operant conditioning mechanisms such as negative reinforcement. The social perspective Considerations with respect to early interventions To avoid learned non-use, international clinical practice guidelines recommend early intervention with e.g. intensive training and parental coaching. The aim of early intervention is to strive for optimal functional restoration. However, with respect to lasting functional disabilities, compensatory skills should also be trained to aim for age-appropriate independency.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anasuya Jegathevi Jegathesan
* Cyberjaya University (Malaysia)
* Clinical Psychology (specialist in Reality Therapy and Thanatology)
Regardless of the increase in counsellors and mental health workers suicide has increased globally. The reality is that when individuals are highly suicidal it is not the experts or mental health professionals whom are around. Those who are around to face the suicide or self harm crisis are family members, friends, work colleagues or random strangers in the area. The SAI initiative is addressing these critical issues by educating the public on managing themselves in a crisis so that they can reduce risk to themselves and others. The sessions challenge the myths and taboos of self harm and suicide focusing on application and anxiety reduction. The project has been successfully carried out in Selangor Malaysia with the support of the state Government with participants from religious groups, educational institutes and non-profit organizations.
Prof. Dr.Rosnah Ismail
* Cyberjaya University (Malaysia)
* Cross-cultural Family Psychology, Quality of Life and Health Well-being
This presentation focuses on the study that examined on the marital relationship among Malaysian couples. Recent transformations in family structure (increase in divorce, remarriage, ethnic and religious intermarriage, and pressure toward more androgenous views about the division of household labor and childcare) and in factors that affect family structure (increase in female labor force participation, decreases in family income, and the move away from self-denial and toward individualism) would suggest that the quality of today’s marriages may be quite unstable. Poor marital quality has great potential for marital dissolution; and may have implications for declining marriage rates and non-marital childbearing. Therefore, it is important to evaluate marital relationships, particularly among homogenous and intermarriage couples because there is little discussion on marriage differences in marital well-being, reflecting the small amount of research that has been done in this area. The sample comprised of homogenous and intermarriage couples. In this study we used quantitative method. Each couple participated in the research by completing the Marital Evaluation Checklist (MEC) (Navran, 1984), which includes reasons for marrying, common marital problems and expectations for counselling. An analysis of variance procedure was performed to investigate the differences between the homogenous and intermarriage dyads. The intermarriage couples expressed greater problems in personal characteristics and marital relationship; and had greater expectations for counselling than their homogenous couples’ counterparts. The implications of these findings for counselling are discussed. Implications for future research are also examined.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Y. Bagus Wismanto, MS
* Soegijapranata Catholic University
* Family Psychologist
ICT is the abbreviation of Information and Communication Technology. The various technological developments, ICT development is one that is growing rapidly. Technology developments should have a positive impact on humans, make it easier, make human life comfortable, but it can also have a negative impact. It depends on how humans use it. ICT makes it possible to guarantee the integrity of the family. Integrity is defined as a condition that shows complete unity, which radiates honesty. ICT can destroy family integrity, but on the contrary it can also improve it if all family components have an attitude and utilize ICT positively/properly. Qualitatively – reflective of experience, it is hypothesized that the factors that influence family integrity are parents’ perceptions of ICT, parents’ habits of using ICT, ICT operational capabilities of family members and family socio-economics.