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the primary objective of this study was to examine the difference in the types of home and school environment combinations on the at-risk behaviours of pupils. Interactions with other demographic profiles such as stream, secondary level, gender and race with the different home and school environment combinations on the at-risk behaviours were explored. Master of Arts (Applied Psychology)

The study hopes to verify the main hypothesis, that pupils who attain high Values Education Programmes Questionaire Scores (that is pupils who consider Values Education Programmes as effective and beneficial) should also exhibit high prosocial attitudes scores measured with the Prosocial Orientation Questionaire. Master of Arts (Applied Psychology)

One of the aims was to investigate whether both Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory and Rotter’s locus of control construct theory can be applied in an integrated study to investigate the relationship between the subjects’ locus of control and their satisfaction and dissatisfaction level, and their commitment to the teaching profession. Master of Education

This study was aimed at investigating the role of teacher behaviour in the classroom, with regard to the provision of classroom structure and teacher involvement in terms of engaging the students in classroom learning, how engagement is related to streaming and one's level of motivation and whether these two factors influence each other in determining the degree of engagement. Master of Education

The objective of this study was to find out if adventure-based groupwork, as an innovative counselling modality, was effective in increasing the self-esteem and improving the prosocial orientation of juvenile delinquents. Arising from this study, plans could be drawn up to include adventure-based groupwork programmes in the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents. Master of Arts (Applied Psychology)

This study discusses the perceptions of behaviour management approaches. It is based on a study of 135 students in a government-aided secondary school in Singapore. A comparison is then carried out to examine three behaviour management approaches, namely, Traditional, Behavioural and Reality Therapy. In this study, we will demonstrate that Reality Therapy, an approach, which motivates internally, is more effective than the Traditional approach and the Behavioural approach. The latter two approaches tend to motivate externally. Master of Arts (Applied Psychology)

This study aimed to understand the ecstasy and heroin abusers in the SAF in terms of six factors, namely, demographic profile, family background, social factors, addiction history, abstention history and social support network. A questionnaire was developed to explore these factors. Data collection was based on personal interviews with 31 heroin abusers and 32 ecstasy abusers. Master of Arts (Applied Psychology)