Addressing Stigma: Our words matter

Stigma was defined by Goffman (1963) as “an attribute that is deeply discrediting” and an attitude involving negative social evaluation that taints, discredits, or leads someone to reject a person due to mental illness, race, drug use, marital status or physical...

Women and Dignity

We understood that development is not sustainable if people are excluded from opportunities, services, and the chance for a better life. Aligning with the 2030 Agenda, it is essential for us to ensure a just, equitable, tolerant, open and socially inclusive world for...

Interpersonal Forgiveness… Salam Aidilfitri 2020

There are varying meanings of forgiveness. However, forgiveness can easily be described as an uncommon reaction to hurt, whereby an individual who has been unjustly treated recognizes the injury and decides to lessen the feeling of anger and bitterness, and choose to...

RASCH MODEL

The Rasch Model has been applied in a variety of disciplines and for a wide range of topics such as development and validation of scale ( Noor Lide Abu Kassim 2007;Hula et. al. 2006; Doyle et. al. 2005; Tennant et. al 2004), psychology research (Fox & Jones,...

AKBAR CRITICAL THINKING MODEL

The Akbar Critical Thinking Model hypothesized that critical thinking can be explained by four major constructs which are Cognitive Complexity, Thinking Disposition, Meta-cognition, and Conscience . These elements are strongly affected by individual experiences, based...