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Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor

Quarantine, isolation, and social distancing were essential for preventing the transmission of the virus and protecting people's physical fitness during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, they may have had lasting negative impacts, notably on mental health and well-being, especially on hig...

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Main Authors: Nurliyana Juhan, Che Haziqah Che Hussin, Mohd Azrul Abdul Rajak, Sitty Nur Syafa Bakri
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Published: Global Academic Excellence 2022
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BF1-990 Psychology
RC435-571 Psychiatry
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spelling my.ums.eprints.379552024-01-12T01:54:09Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37955/ Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor Nurliyana Juhan Che Haziqah Che Hussin Mohd Azrul Abdul Rajak Sitty Nur Syafa Bakri BF1-990 Psychology RC435-571 Psychiatry Quarantine, isolation, and social distancing were essential for preventing the transmission of the virus and protecting people's physical fitness during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, they may have had lasting negative impacts, notably on mental health and well-being, especially on higher education students, as they are in a pivotal life-transition stage linked to increased mental health crises. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to assess the influential factors associated with mental health crises among foundation-level students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study involved 277 students from the foundation of science programme at the Preparatory Centre of Science and Technology, University of Malaysia Sabah. A questionnaire was originally constructed to analyse the factors impacting mental health crises. Overall results found that the range of the mean from the questionnaire was 4.56 to 4.80, indicating that depression, anxiety, stress, and eating disorders are undoubtedly the influencing factors of mental health crises among foundation-level students. The majority of students scored much higher on the items under the stress factor (4.73) compared to the other three factors, which suggests that most of the students suffered from stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is followed by depression (4.69), anxiety (4.64) and eating disorders (4.63). Thus, universities and lecturers play a crucial role in reducing stress, depression, and anxiety associated with academic commitments Global Academic Excellence 2022-12 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37955/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37955/2/FULLTEXT.pdf Nurliyana Juhan and Che Haziqah Che Hussin and Mohd Azrul Abdul Rajak and Sitty Nur Syafa Bakri (2022) Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor. International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counselling, 7. pp. 447-457. 10.35631/IJEPC.748033
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topic BF1-990 Psychology
RC435-571 Psychiatry
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RC435-571 Psychiatry
Nurliyana Juhan
Che Haziqah Che Hussin
Mohd Azrul Abdul Rajak
Sitty Nur Syafa Bakri
Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor
description Quarantine, isolation, and social distancing were essential for preventing the transmission of the virus and protecting people's physical fitness during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, they may have had lasting negative impacts, notably on mental health and well-being, especially on higher education students, as they are in a pivotal life-transition stage linked to increased mental health crises. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to assess the influential factors associated with mental health crises among foundation-level students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study involved 277 students from the foundation of science programme at the Preparatory Centre of Science and Technology, University of Malaysia Sabah. A questionnaire was originally constructed to analyse the factors impacting mental health crises. Overall results found that the range of the mean from the questionnaire was 4.56 to 4.80, indicating that depression, anxiety, stress, and eating disorders are undoubtedly the influencing factors of mental health crises among foundation-level students. The majority of students scored much higher on the items under the stress factor (4.73) compared to the other three factors, which suggests that most of the students suffered from stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is followed by depression (4.69), anxiety (4.64) and eating disorders (4.63). Thus, universities and lecturers play a crucial role in reducing stress, depression, and anxiety associated with academic commitments
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author Nurliyana Juhan
Che Haziqah Che Hussin
Mohd Azrul Abdul Rajak
Sitty Nur Syafa Bakri
author_facet Nurliyana Juhan
Che Haziqah Che Hussin
Mohd Azrul Abdul Rajak
Sitty Nur Syafa Bakri
author_sort Nurliyana Juhan
title Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor
title_short Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor
title_full Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor
title_fullStr Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor
title_full_unstemmed Mental health crises among foundation level students during Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor
title_sort mental health crises among foundation level students during covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of influencing factor
publisher Global Academic Excellence
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37955/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37955/2/FULLTEXT.pdf
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