FYP: Student Handbook and Guidelines for Bachelor of Psychology with Honours

KST 3996 Final Year Project
Supervision Record

Student Name: ________________________________ Student ID No: _________________

Date Description of Task or Activity Student Supervisor
Signature Signature

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APPENDIX D
Research Idea Form

KST3996 Final Year Project
Research Idea Form

Student’s Name: ______________________________ Student ID: _________________

1. Variable(s) :

2. Research Objective(s) :
3. Research Question(s) :
4. Proposed Title

5. Operational Definition (Quantitative) :

6. Theory :

7. Hypothesis (Quantitative) :

8. Methods :

9. Participants :

10. Instrument(s) :

11. Method of Analysis :

12. Literature Review :
- 10 recent articles

APPENDIX E
Research Proposal Evaluation Form

KST3996 FINAL YEAR PROJECT
Research Proposal Evaluation Form

Student :
Student ID :
Supervisor :

Chapter 1: Introduction Comment
1. Research background is clearly written.

2. Problem statement is clearly articulated.

3. Objective is complete and correct.

4. Significance of research is clearly written. Comment
5. Sufficient conceptual definition.
6. Correct operational definition.
7. Theory is relevant for research.
8. Theory is correctly and sufficiently explained.
9. Theoretical framework is correct.
10. Hypothesis is correctly stated.

Chapter 2: Literature Review
1. Review ten relevant articles.

2. Six articles were published within 5 years.

3. Sub-topics are properly organized.

4. Articles are reviewed sufficiently.

Chapter 3: Method Comment
1. Correct method / design / approach.
Comment
2. Method / design / approach is justified. Date:
3. Adequate information on sample and

population.

4. Correct sampling size and technique.

5. Complete instrument information.

6. Validity and reliability are reported.

7. Procedure is completely explained.

8. Correct method of data analysis plan.

9. Ethical consideration is evident.
Overall Writing Format

1. FYP format is thoroughly followed.

2. Minimal language related errors.

3. APA citation format is thoroughly followed.

4. Complete references.
5. Complete instrument is attached in

Appendix.

Evaluator:

APPENDIX F
Final Report Evaluation Criteria

KST3996 FINAL YEAR PROJECT

Final Report Evaluation Criteria

ABSTRACT

No. Criteria
1. Objective
2. Design
3. Sample (who, how many)
4. Instrument
5. Result
6. Conclusion / Implication

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

No. Criteria
1. Background of research
2. Problem statement
3. Research objective
4. Research question / hypothesis
5. Significance of research
6. Conceptual / Operational definition

Note: Operational definition is not applicable to a qualitative study.
7. Theoretical framework
8. Conceptual framework

Note: For qualitative study, illustrate the exploration of variables.

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

No. Criteria
1. Review minimum ten articles
2. Up-to-date articles
3. Relevancy of articles and quality of review
4. Organization of review

CHAPTER 3: METHODS

No. Criteria
1. Research design
2. Population, sample, sample size and sampling technique
3. Instrument / Equipment / Interview protocol (for qualitative study)
4. Reliability and validity
5. Procedure of data collection
6. Data Analysis
7. Ethical consideration

CHAPTER 4: RESULTS

No. Criteria
1. Demographic information
2. Result - Table
3. Result - Text

CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION

No. Criteria
1. Organization and quality of discussion
2. Discussion link to literature review
3. Implication of the study
4. Limitation of the study
5. Suggestion for future research

OVERALL WRITING FORMAT

No. Criteria
1. Comply with FYP guidelines
2. Comply with APA citation and reference writing style
3. Reference
4. Compulsory appendices:

- Questionnaire Set
- Supervision Record with supervisor signature
- Informed Consent Form
- Data analysis work (SPSS output / R coding / transcribe / etc.)
5. Plagiarism report
6. Language

APPENDIX G
Format Picture Guidelines

FORMAT TESIS/DISERTASI (TEMPLATE)
THESIS/DISSERTATION FORMAT

1. Birai (Margin)

1
2

3 Tepi sebelah atas :3.0sm @ 1.15 inci

Tepi sebelah bawah :2.5sm @ 1 inci

Tepi sebelah kiri :3.8sm @ 1.5 inci

Tepi sebelah kanan :2.5sm @ 1 inci

2. Saiz kertas (Paper size)

Kertas A4
(A4 Paper)

1

3. Langkauan (spacing) – double spacing
2

1
3

4. Huruf (Font) – Times New Roman saiz 12
1

2

2

5. Muka surat (Page number) 3

12

4 – Atas sebelah kanan
(Top, Right)

6. Muka surat pertama setiap bab tidak dicetak nombor muka surat (No page number for
every first page of new chapter)

3
1

2 - Sila klik disini

3

7. Santak teks - Jusitfy
1
2

4

APPENDIX H
Format Text Guidelines

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Set ‘ CENTER’ And CHAPTER 1
‘BOLD’
4 times enter or start at 5th enter after last sentence @ 4.0cm

INTRODUCTION

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1.1

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This chapter introduced about the study. There are nine sections in total included in this chapter.

The first section introduced the background of the study. The second section stated the problem

of statement. Research questions and purpose of the study is included in the third and fourth

section. (1 enter @ start at 2nd enter after last sentence)

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The fifth section explained the significance of the study. Definition of stress, theoretical
approach and conceptual framework are described in seventh, eighth and ninth section
respectively. Finally, the hypotheses of the study are stated in the last section.

1.2 Background of study
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It was reported that people are having an increased of stress throughout the year. The causes of
the stress includes balancing between family and work, excessive time for working and forced to
work while being sick (Shambrook, 2012). Stress arises when an individual perceived that it is
hard to cope with the demands being made on them or threats to their well being (Lazarus,
1993).

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There are many interventions and methods available in order to cope with stress. People
from the West have introduced various psychotherapy techniques for coping with stress and
stress management programs. Cognitive therapy is one of the psychotherapy that is used as a
mean of reducing stress. Another physical stress reducing program which combined physical
exercise and relaxation was introduced and has proven to be effective as well as cognitive
therapy (Van Rhenan, Blonk, Van der Klink, Van Dijk & Schaufeli, 2005).

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1.3 Problem Statement
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Stress was experiences by almost all people in all range of ages. College students are especially
vulnerable to experiences stress. Negga, Applewhite and Livingston (2007) reported the sources
of stress faced by students are academic stress and intrapersonal stress. Intrapersonal stress
includes the death of a family member and boyfriend or girlfriend problems. Meanwhile,
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APPENDIX I
Front Cover for Hard Bound Copy

THE EFFECT OF LISTENING TO MUSIC AND
QURANIC RECITATION ON DEPRESSION AMONG

MUSLIM STUDENTS

WAN HANAFI BIN WAN ABDUL HADI

SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY
2020

APPENDIX J
Title Page

MARGIN SETTING :

Top :6cm @ 2.35 inch 6 cm @ 2.35 inch

Right :2.5cm @ 1 inch
Left :3.8cm @ 1.5 inch
Bottom :4cm @ 1.55 inch

THE EFFECT OF LISTENING TO MUSIC AND QURANIC RECITATION ON
DEPRESSION AMONG MUSLIM STUDENTS

WAN HANAFI BIN WAN ABDUL HADI

A Final Year Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
Degree of Bachelor of Psychology with Honours

Faculty of Human Development
Sultan Idris Education University

2020

4 cm @ 1.55 inch

APPENDIX K
Declaration Form

DECLARATION OF ORIGINAL WORK

SECTION A: Student’s Declaration

I, _________________________________________________, Student ID _____________
of Faculty of Human Development, hereby declare that the work entitled

___________________________________________________________________________
is my original work. I have not copied from any other students’ work or from any other sources

except where due reference or acknowledgement is made explicitly in the text, nor has any part
been written for me by another person.

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(Signature) (Date)

SECTION B: Supervisor’s Declaration

I, ___________________________________________ hereby certifies that the above-

mentioned work was prepared by the above named student, and is submitted to the Faculty of
Human Development as a partial fulfillment for the conferment of Bachelor of Psychology

with Honours, and the aforementioned work, to the best of my knowledge, is the said student’s
work.

……………………………… …………………..
(Signature and Official Stamp) (Date)