Curriculum Vitae

DR. SUMAIA MOHAMMED RADMAN ZAID

Lecturer
  • Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling
    Faculty of Education
  • sumaia

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Sumaia Mohammed Zaid is a specialist in measurement and evaluation and psychological testing, currently affiliated with the Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Sana’a University before pursuing her Master’s and Ph.D. in Measurement and Evaluation at the University of Malaya. Her doctoral training strengthened her expertise in psychometric analysis, scale development, and the cross-cultural adaptation of psychological instruments.

Her research focuses on measurement and evaluation, psychological assessment, emotion regulation, quantitative research methods, and advanced statistical analysis. She is particularly interested in developing culturally sensitive measurement tools and applying robust psychometric techniques to improve the validity and reliability of psychological and educational assessments.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, (Psychology)
    Sana'a University, Yemen
  • DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, (EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY)
    Universiti Malaya (um)
  • MASTER OF EDUCATION (MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION), (MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION)
    Universiti Malaya (um)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • RESEARCH ETHIC COMMITTEE MEMBER, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2025 to 2026 (University)
  • ASSOCIATE EDITOR, EDITORIAL BOARD
    2024 to 2026 (International)
  • APPOINTMENT TO THE 2026 APCDA HYBRID CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2025 to 2026 (International)
  • APPOINTMENT AS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT DIRECTOR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    Since 2025 (International)
  • JURY FOR CONFERENCE ENTITLED KONVENSYEN SUARA GURU MALAYSIA 2025, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2025 to 2025 (National)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Eva, Nur; Hutagalung, Fonny Dameaty; Zaid, Sumaia Mohammed; Binti Ahmad Kamarul, Kamelia Syafiera (2025). Bridging gifted education and school culture: the mediating role of personality in shaping school culture and teachers' opinions towards gifted education, BMC PSYCHOLOGY. 13(1). doi:10.1186/s40359-025-03330-7
  2. Zaid, Sumaia Mohammed; Hutagalung, Fonny Dameaty; Hamid, Harris Shah Bin Abd; Taresh, Sahar Mohammed (2025). The power of emotion regulation: how managing sadness influences depression and anxiety?, BMC PSYCHOLOGY. 13(1). doi:10.1186/s40359-025-02354-3
  3. Fitriana, Nina; Hutagalung, Fonny Dameaty; Awang, Zainudin; Zaid, Sumaia Mohammed (2022). Happiness at work: A cross-cultural validation of happiness at work scale, PLOS ONE. 17(1). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261617
  4. Zaid, S. M., Hutagalung, F. D., Bin Abd Hamid, H. S., & Taresh, S. M. (2021). Sadness regulation strategies and measurement: A scoping review. Plos One, 16(8), 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256088
ESCI
  1. Zaid, Sumaia Mohammed Radman; Jamaluddin, Shahrir; Baharuldin, Zuraidah; Taresh, Sahar Mohammed (2020). Psychometric Properties of an Adapted Yemeni Version of Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire, PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES. 28(3), 2149-2165
Scopus
  1. Alsulaimi M., Hutagalung F.D., Ali S.K.B.S., Zaid S.M. (2023). The Relationship between Physical Activity and Life Satisfaction among Omani Teachers, International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences. 11(1), 152-161. doi:10.13189/saj.2023.110118
  2. Eva N., Hutagalung F.D., Peng C.F., Zaid S.M. (2023). Self-Regulated Learning in Covid 19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study between Indonesia and Malaysia, International Journal of Instruction. 16(1), 625-642. doi:10.29333/iji.2023.16135a
  3. Fitriana N., Hutagalung F.D., Awang Z., Zaid S.M. (2022). Happiness at work: A cross-cultural validation of happiness at work scale, PLoS ONE. 17(1 January). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261617
Others
  1. Preschool teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and self-efficacy concerning autism: A parallel mixed-methods study of an intervention to improve autism identification
  2. RESILIENCE, ACADEMIC STRESS, AND HAPPINESS AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS
  3. Rejection Sensitivity and Social Anxiety among University Students in Yemen
  4. Psychologists' perspective of mental health in Yemen during the civil war and COVID-19: a qualitative inquiry
  5. Mainstream Preschool Teachers’ Skills at Identifying and Referring Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  6. The role of teacher readiness as a mediator in the development of ICT competency in Pahang primary school

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2025) APPLYING RASCH MODEL ON TEST LINKING INDICES, CHIENG ZOUH FONG