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CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAIL

Name
  Associate Prof. Dr. Jas Laile Suzana Binti Jaafar
Designation
  Associate Professor
Department
  Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Faculty
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
E-mail Address
  laile@um.edu.my
Address(Office)
  Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(Qualification), (Institution).
PHD, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY, UK
MSC, QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST
BA Hons., UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA (UKM)
DIPED, UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA (UKM)
STPM, SEKOLAH MENENGAH DATO SHEIKH AHMAD ARAU, PERLIS

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION/MEMBERSHIP
(Organisation), (Role), (Year), (Level).

The Asian Psychological Association, Past President, 2008-2010, (International)

The Asian Psychological Association, Vice President, 2006-2008, (International)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
(Area).

Adulthood And Aging

Adolescent Psychology

Child Psychology

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(Publication).
 
Book
 
2009

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar and Sherri McCarthy (2009) (Eds.),Building Asian Families and Communities in the 21st Century: Selected Proceeds of the 2nd Asian Psychological Association Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June, 2008 

McCarthy, s., Karandashev, V., Stevens, M., Thatcher, A., jaafar, J., Moore, K.,Trapp, A., Brewer, C. (2009) (Eds.), Teaching Psychology Around the World: Volume 2. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 
 
2008

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar (2008). The World of Child and Adolescent Psychology. Shah Alam: Arah Publications 
 
2002

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar (2002). Adolescent Psychology. Kuala Lumpur: Prentice-Hall. 

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar (2002). Child and Adolescent Psychology. Kuala Lumpur: DBP, 2002. 
 
Chapter In Book
 
2009

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar, Sherri McCarthy (2009). Teaching Psychology in Asia: Historical Roots and Modern Practices. In S. McCarthy, V.Karandashev, M. Stevens, A.Thatcher, J.Jaafar, K.Moore, A.Trapp, C.Brewer (Eds.), Teaching Psychology Around the World: Volume 2.p. 186-211. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 

Jaafar, J., Muhamad, H., Che Tak, K., Afiatin, T., Sugandi, Y. (2009). The Level of Happiness of Malaysians and Indonesians. In J.Jaafar and S.McCarthy (Eds.), Building Asian Families and Communities in the 21st Century: Selected Proceeds of the 2nd Asian Psychological Association Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June, 2008., p. 294-303. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 

Jaafar, J., McCarthy, S., Muhamad, H. (2009). Malaysia: Faith, Tolerance and Adat. In K.Malley- Morrison (Ed.),State Violence and the Right to Peace. Santa Barbara,California: Praeger Series 
 
2008

Jaafar, J., McCarthy, S., Wibowo, I., and Afiatin, T. (2007).The relationship of sex guilt and moral reasoning to premarital sex in adolescents from a Moslem country. In A.L.Comunian and R. Roth (Eds.), International Perspectives in Psychology, pp. 73-78. Aachen: Shaker Verlag. 
 
2006

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar and Masnona Abdul Kadir (2006). The psychological effects of the Internet to the adolescents . In Mohd. Fauzi Yaacob (ed.), Malaysia: Menangani Perubahan dan Pembangunan (Handling the Changes and Development), pp. 87-110. 
 
2005

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar ((2005). Religiosity and motivations for engaging in premarital sex among Malaysian and Indonesian adolescents. Roziah Omar and Sivamurugan Pandian (eds.), The Social Issues of Malaysia. The Social Institute of Malaysia, pp. 27-40 
 
2004

Jaafar, J., Kolodinsky, P., McCarthy, S., and Schroder, V. (2004). The impact of cultural norms and values on moral judgment of Malay and American adolescents: A brief report . In B.N.,Setiadi, A. Supratiknya, W.J., Lonner, and Y.H. Poortinga. Ongoing Themes in Psychology and Culture. Selected papers from the Sixteenth International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, pp. 399-414. 
 
Academic Journals
 
2009

Muhamad, H., Jaafar, J. (2009). The relationship of personality to subjective well-being in Malaysian youths. International Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 1, 10-15. (SCOPUS-Cited Publication)
 
2008

Jaafar, J., Wibowo, I., and Afiatin, T. (2006). The relationship between religiosity and youth culture, and premarital sex among Malaysian and Indonesian adolescents. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, Vol. 16, No.2, December 2006, 5-18. 

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar and Haslina Muhammad (2008). The effect of media to the sexual activity of the adolescents who engage in premarital sex. In Mohd. Fauzi Yaacob (Ed.) Malaysia: Social Transformation and Changes. pp. 95-104, Shah Alam: Arah Publications. 
 
2004

Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar (2004). How the Islamic teachings and traditional norms affect the moral judgment of the Malays . The Malaysian Journal of Social Administration, Vol. 3 (1), March, 21-38. 

Schmitt, D., Jaafar, J. and collaborators, (2004). Patterns and universals of adult romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions: Are models of self and other pancultural constructs? Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 35, 367-402 
 
Proceeding
 
2008

Jas Laile Jaafar, Haslina Muhamad, Tina Afiatin, Yogi Suprayogi Sugandi (2008). The Index of Happiness of the Malaysian and Indonesian People. Asia in Transformation: Exploring New Values in Asia, Proceedings Vol. 1, Posco TJ Park Foundation and POSRI Forum, page 1-15. 
 
Others
 
2006

Jaafar, J., Wibowo, I., and Afiatin, T. (2006). Sex guilt and moral reasoning of the Malaysian and Indonesian adolescents who engage in premarital sex Paper presented at The First Convention of Asian Psychological Association, August 18-20, 2006 in Bali, Indonesia 

McCarthy, S., Jaafar, J., Wibowo, I., and Afiatin, T. (2006). The relationship of sex guilt and moral reasoning to premarital sex in adolescents from a Moslem country. Paper presented at the International Council of Psychologist, 64th Convention, July 13-13, 2006 in Koz, Greece 
 
2005

Jaafar, J., Wibowo, I., and Afiatin, T. (2005). Religiosity and motivations for engaging in premarital sex among Malaysian and Indonesian adolescents. Paper presented at the 1st Congress of the Asian Council of Psychologist, Jakarta, 14-16 August, 2005. 

AREAS OF RESEARCH
(Project title), (Role), (From)-(Until), (Source), (Level).

Adolescent Psychology, 2008

Adulthood and Aging, 2008

Title ; International Sexuality Description II, Co-Researcher ; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Schmitt (Bradley), 2008

Title ; Rites of passage of the adolescents Co-Researcher ; Assoc. Prof. Dr. McCarthy (NAU), 2008

Title ; The personality and sexual attitudes of the Malaysian teenagers Co-Researcher ; Pn. Haslina Muhamad (UM), 2008

Title ; The psychological and social contextof Malaysian adolescents who engage in premarital Co-Researcher ; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suriati Ghazali (USM) Pn. Haslina Muhammad (UM) Funding ; Fundamental UM, 2008

Child Psychology, 2008

Corruption Elimination Through Gender Perspectives: The Malaysian Case, Co-Investigator, 2009-2010, UMRG