Dr Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom
Assistant Professor & Clinical Psychologist
Department of Psychology
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences
Clinical Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Relaxation Training, Stress Management
As a lecturer and a clinical psychologist, Jamilah Hanum’s career in the field of psychology includes work with individuals in academic settings and clinical settings. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Science, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She also practices her clinical skills and provides psychological services at Psychological Services Unit in the department. Her previous experience includes Executive of Human Resources & Administration with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). She worked in the area of human development, human planning and budgeting, and recruitment.
Jamilah Hanum was educated at the International Islamic University Malaysia (Bachelor of Human Sciencesmore...
As a lecturer and a clinical psychologist, Jamilah Hanum’s career in the field of psychology includes work with individuals in academic settings and clinical settings. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Science, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She also practices her clinical skills and provides psychological services at Psychological Services Unit in the department. Her previous experience includes Executive of Human Resources & Administration with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). She worked in the area of human development, human planning and budgeting, and recruitment.
Jamilah Hanum was educated at the International Islamic University Malaysia (Bachelor of Human Sciences – Psychology), the University of Melbourne (Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology), the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Master in Clinical Psychology), and the Universiti Putra Malaysia (Doctor of Philosophy in Psychological Medicine). Jamilah Hanum was the recipient of the Al-Razi Award (Best Student in Psychology) when she did her bachelor degree. She graduated with high distinction for her Master’s and during her Ph.D. candidature, she received quite a number of Travel Grant Award for international conference presentations.
For the past ten years, she is a recipient of many research grants such as International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Transdisciplinary Research Grant Scheme (TRGS), Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP), and Research Initiative Grant Scheme (RIGS). She has presented her work at many international conferences around the world and some of her work has been published in high refereed journal. She is regularly invited by numerous organizations to give talk and conduct workshops in her area of specialization (i.e., Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Relaxation Training, and Stress, Anxiety, and Depression). However, she is currently focusing much of her time to promote the use of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in other areas such as overweight/obesity and diabetes management.
Jamilah Hanum resides in Sri Gombak, Selangor, with her husband and two children. In her free time, she enjoys watching Hindi movie, colouring, swimming, decluttering, trying new recipes, and playing with stray cats.
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychological Medicine,
Universiti Putra Malaysia (2017)
Master in Clinical Psychology,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2011)
Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology,
University of Melbourne (2009)
Bachelor of Human Sciences in Psychology,
International Islamic University Malaysia (2005)
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- Nejati-Zarnaqi, Bayram and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum (2025) The remaining spiritual wounds of the warriors after the war: A call for action. Explore, 21 (3). p. 103165.
- Zúñiga, Claudia and Agostini, Maximilian and Louis, Winnifred R. and Lemay Jr., Edward P. and Belanger, Jocelyn J. and Gutzkow, Ben and Jeronimus, Bertus F. and Kreienkamp, Jannis and vanDellen, Michelle R. and Abakoumkin, Georgios and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Akkas, Handan and Almenara, Carlos A. and Atta, Mohsin and Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem and Basel, Sima and Kida, Edona Berisha and Bernardo, Allan B. I. and Buttrick, Nicholas R. and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Csaba, Sara and Damnjanović, Kaja and Danyliuk, Ivan and Dash, Arobindu and Di Santo, Daniela and Douglas, Karen M. and Enea, Violeta and Faller, Daiane Gracieli and Fitzsimons, Gavan J and Gheorghiu, Alexandra and Gómez, Ángel and Hamaidia, Ali and Han, Qing and Helmy, Mai and Hudiyana, Joevarian and Jiang, Ding-Yu and Jovanović, Veljko and Kamenov, Zeljka and Kende, Anna and Keng, Shian-Ling and Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu and Koc, Yasin and Kovyazina, Kamila and Krause, Joshua and Kruglanski, Arie W and Kurapov, Anton and Lantos, Nóra Anna and Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J and Lueders, Adrian and Malik, Najma Iqbal and Martinez, Anton P and McCabe, Kira O and Milla, Mirra Noor and Molinario, Erica and Moyano, Manuel and Muhammad, Hayat and Mula, Silvana and Muluk, Hamdi and Myroniuk, Solomiia and Najafi, Reza and Nisa, Claudia F and Nyúl, Boglárka and O'Keefe, Paul A and Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas and Osin, Evgeny N and Park, Joonha and Pica, Gennaro and Pierro, Antonio and Rees, Jonas H and Reitsema, Anne Margit and Resta, Elena and Rullo, Marika and Ryan, Michelle K and Santtila, Pekka and Schumpe, Birga M. and Selim, Heyla A and Stanton, Michael Vicente and Sutton, Robbie M and Tseliou, Eleftheria and Utsugi, Akira and Van Lissa, Caspar J and Van Veen, Kees and Vázquez, Alexandra and Wollast, Robin and Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan and Zand, Somayeh and Žeželj, Iris Lav and Zheng, Bang and Zick, Andreas and Leander, N Pontus (2024) Prosociality during COVID-19: pathways through affect, financial stress, well-being, and collective disempowerment across 39 countries = Prosocialidad durante COVID-19: Rutas a través del afecto, estrés financiero, bienestar y desempoderamiento colectivo en 39 países. Universitas Psychologica, 23. pp. 1-21. ISSN 1657-9267 E-ISSN 2011-2777
- Abdul Wahab, Nuraini and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum (2025) The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in multicultural settings: a scoping review. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 24 (1). pp. 17-30. ISSN 1823-4631 E-ISSN 2735-2285
- Karim, Norimah A. and Abd. Talib, Ruzita and Gan, Wan Ying and Syed Tarik Wafa, Sharifah Wajihah and Abdul Manaf, Zahara and Mohd Jamil, Sameeha and Abu Saad, Hazizi and Koh, Denise Choon Lian and Wong, Jyh Eiin and Mohd Elias, Siti Soraya and Mohamed Salleh, Razali and Pitil, Patricia Pawa and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Suhaimi, Aida Farhana (2024) Evidence to Prevent Obesity: Focus on Diet, Physical Activity, and Behaviour Modifications. UNSPECIFIED. Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity.
- Png, JieYi and Wan Yunus, Farahiyah and Kadar, Masne and Yang, Wai Wai and Ahmad Rusli, Yasmin and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum (2024) Parents’ online coaching in the early intervention home program for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder during the COVID- 19 pandemic: Manual development and feasibility study. PLOS ONE, 19 (10). pp. 1-14. E-ISSN 1932-6203
- Fisher, Alexandra N. and Ryan, Michelle K and Liao, Yuan-Hsi and Mikolajczak, Gosia and Riedijk, Larisa and Leander, N Pontus and Abakoumkin, Georgios and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Agostini, Maximilian and Atta, Mohsin and Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem and Belanger, Jocelyn J and Kida, Edona Berisha and Bernardo, Allan B. I. and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Damnjanović, Kaja and Danyliuk, Ivan and Di Santo, Daniela and Douglas, Karen M and Enea, Violeta and Fitzsimons, Gavan J and Gómez, Ángel and Gutzkow, Ben and Hamaidia, Ali and Helmy, Mai and Hudiyana, Joevarian and Jovanović, Veljko and Kende, Anna and Keng, Shian-Ling and Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu and Koc, Yasin and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Kurapov, Anton and Lantos, Nóra Anna and Lemay Jr., Edward P and Lueders, Adrian and Malik, Najma Iqbal and McCabe, Kira O and Mehulić, Jasmina and Molinario, Erica and Moyano, Manuel and Muhammad, Hayat and Muluk, Hamdi and Nisa, Claudia F and Nyúl, Boglárka and O'Keefe, Paul A and Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas and Osin, Evgeny N and Park, Joonha and Pica, Gennaro and Pierro, Antonio and Rees, Jonas H and Reitsema, Anne Margit and Rullo, Marika and Samekin, Adil and Schumpe, Birga M and Selim, Heyla A and Stanton, Michael Vicente and Tseliou, Eleftheria and vanDellen, Michelle R and Vázquez, Alexandra and Wollast, Robin and Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan and Zand, Somayeh and Žeželj, Iris Lav and Zúñiga, Claudia (2024) The precarity of progress: implications of a shifting gendered division of labor for relationships and well‑being as a function of country‑level gender equality. Sex Roles, 90 (5). pp. 642-658. ISSN 0360-0025 E-ISSN 1573-2762
- A. Kadouf, Hani Hunud and Abdul Rahman, Abdul Wahab and Kamaruddin, Norhaslinda and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum (2024) Affective modelling of eustress and distress using psychological scales. International Journal on Perceptive and Cognitive Computing, 10 (1). pp. 71-78. E-ISSN 2462-229X
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Abdul Aziz, Amani Fadzlina and Md. Rosli, Ahmad Nabil and Bahari, Che Amnah and Abdullah, Nur Sakinah Thomas (2023) The effectiveness of cloud-based instant messaging – integrated Islamic psychospiritual program (i-ACT For Life) for the management of psychological distress among at-risk young adults during the Covid-19 Pandemic. In: The International Competition and Exhibition of Research and Innovation on Islamic Studies and Human Sciences (ICONISHS 2023), IIUM Cultural Centre (ICC), International Islamic University Malaysia Main Campus in Gombak..
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Alias, Alizi and Md Rosli, Ahmad Nabil and Abang Abdullah, Khadijah Hasanah and Razali, Zul Azlin and Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah and Mohd Daud, Tuti Iryani and Shaharom, Mohamed Hatta (2023) Clinical preventive approach of Islamic psychology. In: Clinical Applications of Islamic Psychology. International Association of Islamic Psychology Publishing, Seattle, Washington, USA. ISBN 978-1-7372816-4-1
- Reitsema, Anne Margit and Jeronimus, Bertus F and Hos, Elisabeth H and Collaboration, PsyCorona and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and de Jonge, Peter and Leander, N Pontus (2023) Age differences in hedonic adaptation to societal restrictions? Positive and negative affect trajectories during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in 33 nations. Emotion, 23 (5). pp. 1440-1457. ISSN 1528-3542 E-ISSN 1931-1516
- Westgate, Eric C and Buttrick, Nicholas R and Lin, Yijun and Helou, Gaelle El and Agostini, Maximilian and Belanger, Jocelyn J and Gutzkow, Ben and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Abakoumkin, Georgios and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Akkas, Handan and Almenara, Carlos A and Atta, Mohsin and Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem and Basel, Sima and Kida, Edona Berisha and Bernardo, Allan B. I. and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Csaba, Sara and Damnjanović, Kaja and Danyliuk, Ivan and Dash, Arobindu and Di Santo, Daniela and Douglas, Karen M and Enea, Violeta and Faller, Daiane and Fitzsimons, Gavan J and Gheorghiu, Alexandra and Gómez, Ángel and Hamaidia, Ali and Han, Qing and Helmy, Mai and Hudiyana, Joevarian and Jeronimus, Bertus F and Jiang, Ding-Yu and Jovanović, Veljko and Kamenov, Zeljka and Kende, Anna and Keng, Shian-Ling and Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu and Koc, Yasin and Kovyazina, Kamila and Kozytska, Inna and Krause, Joshua and Kruglanski, Arie W and Kurapov, Anton and Kutlaca, Maja and Lantos, Nóra Anna and Lemay Jr., Edward P and Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J and Louis, Winnifred R and Lueders, Adrian and Maj, Marta and Malik, Najma Iqbal and Martinez, Anton P and McCabe, Kira O and Mehulić, Jasmina and Milla, Mirra Noor and Mohammed, Idris and Molinario, Erica and Moyano, Manuel and Muhammad, Hayat and Mula, Silvana and Muluk, Hamdi and Myroniuk, Solomiia and Najafi, Reza and Nisa, Claudia F and Nyúl, Boglárka and O'Keefe, Paul A and Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas and Osin, Evgeny N and Park, Joonha and Pica, Gennaro and Pierro, Antonio and Rees, Jonas H and Reitsema, Anne Margit and Resta, Elena and Rullo, Marika and Ryan, Michelle K and Samekin, Adil and Santilla, Pekka and Sasin, Edyta and Schumpe, Birga M and Selim, Heyla A and Stanton, Michael Vicente and Stroebe, Wolfgang and Sutton, Robbie M and Tseliou, Eleftheria and Utsugi, Akira and van Breen, Jolien A and Van Lissa, Caspar J and Van Veen, Kees and vanDellen, Michelle R and Vázquez, Alexandra and Wollast, Robin and Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan and Zand, Somayeh and Žeželj, Iris Lav and Zheng, Bang and Zick, Andreas and Zúñiga, Claudia and Leander, N Pontus (2023) Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. Emotion, 23 (8). pp. 2370-2384. ISSN 1528-3542 E-ISSN 1931-1516
- Abakoumkin, Georgios and Tseliou, Eleftheria and McCabe, Kira O and Lemay Jr., Edward P and Stroebe, Wolfgang and Agostini, Maximilian and Belanger, Jocelyn J and Gutzkow, Ben and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Kutlaca, Maja and vanDellen, Michelle R and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Akkas, Handan and Almenara, Carlos A and Atta, Mohsin and Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem and Basel, Sima and Kida, Edona Berisha and Bernardo, Allan B. I. and Buttrick, Nicholas R and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Csaba, Sara and Damnjanović, Kaja and Danyliuk, Ivan and Di Santo, Daniela and Douglas, Karen M and Enea, Violeta and Faller, Daiane and Fitzsimons, Gavan J and Gheorghiu, Alexandra and Gómez, Ángel and Grzymala‑Moszczynska, Joanna and Hamaidia, Ali and Han, Qing and Helmy, Mai and Hudiyana, Joevarian and Jeronimus, Bertus F and Jiang, Ding-Yu and Jovanović, Veljko and Kamenov, Zeljka and Kende, Anna and Keng, Shian-Ling and Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu and Koc, Yasin and Kovyazina, Kamila and Kozytska, Inna and Krause, Joshua and Kruglanski, Arie W and Kurapov, Anton and Lantos, Nóra Anna and Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J and Louis, Winnifred R and Lueders, Adrian and Malik, Najma Iqbal and Martinez, Anton P and Mehulić, Jasmina and Milla, Mirra Noor and Mohammed, Idris and Molinario, Erica and Moyano, Manuel and Muhammad, Hayat and Mula, Silvana and Muluk, Hamdi and Myroniuk, Solomiia and Najafi, Reza and Nisa, Claudia F and Nyúl, Boglárka and O'Keefe, Paul A and Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas and Osin, Evgeny N and Park, Joonha and Pica, Gennaro and Pierro, Antonio and Rees, Jonas H and Reitsema, Anne Margit and Resta, Elena and Rullo, Marika and Ryan, Michelle K and Samekin, Adil and Santilla, Pekka and Sasin, Edyta and Schumpe, Birga M and Selim, Heyla A and Stanton, Michael Vicente and Sultana, Samiah and Sutton, Robbie M and Utsugi, Akira and van Breen, Jolien A and Van Lissa, Caspar J and Van Veen, Kees and Vázquez, Alexandra and Wollast, Robin and Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan and Zand, Somayeh and Žeželj, Iris Lav and Zheng, Bang and Zick, Andreas and Zúñiga, Claudia and Leander, N Pontus (2023) Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID-19: evidence across countries and over time. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. pp. 1-16. ISSN 1751-9004 E-ISSN 1751-9004 (In Press)
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum (2023) Can dietitian be effective in using CBT for dietary behaviour change? In: 28th Malaysian Dietitians’ Association National Conference 2023 (MDA 2023), 12-13 June 2023, The Vertical, CCEC, Bangsar South. (Unpublished)
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Abdul Aziz, Amani Fadzlina and Md. Rosli, Ahmad Nabil and Bahari, Che Amnah and Abdullah, Nur Sakinah Thomas (2023) ACT For Life: the development and user engagements of mobile application for prevention and management of psychological distress. In: 10th World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT 2023), 01-04 June 2023, Seoul, Republic of Korea. (Unpublished)
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Abdul Aziz, Amani Fadzlina and Md. Rosli, Ahmad Nabil and Bahari, Che Amnah and Abdullah, Nur Sakinah Thomas (2023) Development and user engagements of i-ACT For Life mobile application for prevention and management of psychological distress. In: 10th World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT 2023), 01-04 June 2023, Seoul, Republic of Korea. (Unpublished)
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Abdul Aziz, Amani Fadzlina and Md. Rosli, Ahmad Nabil and Bahari, Che Amnah and Abdullah, Nur Sakinah Thomas (2023) A randomized controlled trial of cloud-based instant messaging i-ACT for Life for at-risk young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. In: 10th World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT 2023), 01-04 June 2023, Seoul, Republic of Korea. (Unpublished)
- Douglas, Karen M and Sutton, Robbie M and Van Lissa, Caspar J and Stroebe, Wolfgang and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Agostini, Maximilian and Belanger, Jocelyn J and Gutzkow, Ben and Abakoumkin, Georgios and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Akkas, Handan and Almenara, Carlos A and Atta, Mohsin and Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem and Basel, Sima and Kida, Edona Berisha and Bernardo, Allan B. I. and Buttrick, Nicholas R and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Csaba, Sara and Damnjanović, Kaja and Danyliuk, Ivan and Dash, Arobindu and Di Santo, Daniela and Enea, Violeta and Faller, Daiane and Fitzsimons, Gavan J and Gheorghiu, Alexandra and Gómez, Ángel and Hamaidia, Ali and Han, Qing and Helmy, Mai and Hudiyana, Joevarian and Jeronimus, Bertus F and Jiang, Ding-Yu and Jovanović, Veljko and Kamenov, Zeljka and Kende, Anna and Keng, Shian-Ling and Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu and Koc, Yasin and Kovyazina, Kamila and Kozytska, Inna and Krause, Joshua and Kruglanski, Arie W and Kurapov, Anton and Kutlaca, Maja and Lantos, Nóra Anna and Lemay Jr., Edward P and Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J and Louis, Winnifred R and Lueders, Adrian and Iqbal Malik, Najma and Martinez, Anton P and McCabe, Kira O and Mehulić, Jasmina and Milla, Mirra Noor and Mohammed, Idris and Molinario, Erica and Moyano, Manuel and Muhammad, Hayat and Mula, Silvana and Muluk, Hamdi and Myroniuk, Solomiia and Najafi, Reza and Nisa, Claudia F and Nyúl, Boglárka and O'Keefe, Paul A and Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas and Osin, Evgeny N and Park, Joonha and Pica, Gennaro and Pierro, Antonio and Rees, Jonas H and Reitsema, Anne Margit and Resta, Elena and Rullo, Marika and Ryan, Michelle K and Samekin, Adil and Santtila, Pekka and Sasin, Edyta and Schumpe, Birga M and Selim, Heyla A and Stanton, Michael Vicente and Sultana, Samiah and Tseliou, Eleftheria and Utsugi, Akira and van Breen, Jolien A and Van Veen, Kees and vanDellen, Michelle R and Vázquez, Alexandra and Wollast, Robin and Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan and Zand, Somayeh and Žeželj, Iris Lav and Zheng, Bang and Zick, Andreas and Zúñiga, Claudia and Leander, N Pontus (2023) Identifying important individual- and country-level predictors of conspiracy theorizing: a machine learning analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53 (6). pp. 1191-1203. ISSN 0046-2772 E-ISSN 1099-0992
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Md Rosli, Ahmad Nabil and Bahari, Che Amnah and Abdullah, Nur Sakinah Thomas and Abdul Aziz, Amani Fadzlina (2022) An Islamic psychospiritual-acceptance and commitment-based prevention intervention program for at-risk young adults in Covid-19 pandemic (SPI21-052-0052). In: Symposium of Iiit-Strategic Research Project (SRP) 2020 “Applied Maqasid Studies”, 10 Dec 2022, Gombak Malaysia. (Unpublished)
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Abdul Aziz, Amani Fadzlina and Md Rosli, Ahmad Nabil and Bahari, Che Amnah and Abdullah, Nur Sakinah Thomas (2022) i-ACT for life: a prevention module featuring integrated elements of Islamic Spirituality and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - Practitioner's Manual. Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. ISBN ISBN 978-967-19812-5-2
- Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Abdul Aziz, Amani Fadzlina and Md Rosli, Ahmad Nabil and Bahari, Che Amnah and Abdullah, Nur Sakinah Thomas (2022) i-ACT for life: a prevention module featuring integrated elements of Islamic Spirituality and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. ISBN 978-967-19812-6-9