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The mental health problems of ex-prisoners are increasing and worrying so that it can affect the effectiveness of the reintegration of ex-prisoners into society. This paper aims to determine the relationship between personality types and the level of mental health of ex-prisoners in Malaysia. This study uses a quantitative approach with a survey method of 250 respondents. Two instruments were used in the questionnaire, namely the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale Test (DASS21) to measure the level of mental health of ex-prisoners and the Zuckerman-Kuhlman-40-Cross Culture Personality Test (ZKPQ-M-40-CC) to identify 5 personality domains of ex-prisoners namely Activity, Sociability, Aggressiveness-Hostility, Impulsive Sensation Seeking and Neuroticism-Anxiety. The results of the study found that there is a positive significant relationship between the five types of personality with the level of depression, anxiety and stress among ex-prisoners. Specific mental health interventions should be provided to prisoners before and after their release. This is very important in ensuring that the chance of reintegration of ex-prisoners into society is effective when mental health problems can be prevented and treated before they get worse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between personality and career choice factors among employees in an electric power company in Johor. This study was also conducted to find out the type of personality possessed by the employees in the electric power plant and the factors that motivate the employees when they make career choices. The instrument used to collect data in this study is a questionnaire. The first Self-Directed Search-Form Easy (SDS-E) questionnaire involved six personality types namely realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional personalities. The career choice factor questionnaire involving four factors namely reward, interest, family, and peer factors were also used in this study. The sample for this study was a total of 97 employees who were selected using random sampling technique from an electric power company. Descriptive methods in terms of percentage and mean were used in this study and found that the most dominant personality possessed by electric power workers is social personality and the highest driving factor of career choice is family factor. Pearson correlation analysis was used to examine the relationship between personality type and career selection factors. The findings of the study found that there was a negative relationship (r = -0.048) between personality type and career choice factors. This study has provided a new perspective on the relationship between personality type and career choice factors, especially among employees in electric power companies who may require more skills than personality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]