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The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students

The mental health among university students should be given close, and more proper, attention due to the fact that they are the national asset in years to come. Life in the university can be pressurizing to the students as they have to grapple with the process of adaptation, family separation, relat...

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Main Authors: Arifin, Suhaili, Abdullah, Siti Salina, Omar, Nor Ezdianie, Mohamed, Nurshuhada, Mohamad Yusop, Yusni, Hamdul Hadi, Noor Muthmainnah
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1095382024-12-17T03:05:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109538/ The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students Arifin, Suhaili Abdullah, Siti Salina Omar, Nor Ezdianie Mohamed, Nurshuhada Mohamad Yusop, Yusni Hamdul Hadi, Noor Muthmainnah The mental health among university students should be given close, and more proper, attention due to the fact that they are the national asset in years to come. Life in the university can be pressurizing to the students as they have to grapple with the process of adaptation, family separation, relationship issues, financial issues, health issues and many others. Nonetheless, the university is not the place to solve a student’s personal problems. Instead, they have to deal with the problems themselves using the resources and facilities that have been provided to them. Those students who fail to manage these challenges are highly exposed to mental health problems and further lead to the academic underperformance. Hence, mental health issues are crucial to be addressed to improve their wellbeing and success. Therefore, this study is conducted to identify the mental health level of the Malaysian students in the university. A total of n=810 students was chosen using a simple random sampling technique. This study employs the Mental Health Inventory (MHI) to collect the data. The result indicates that more than half respondents had moderate to high level of psychological distress =68.9%, anxiety =72.7%, and depression =60.6%. Meanwhile for loss of behavioral or emotional control=42.8% were at moderate to high level. In conclusion, even so the level of mental health among university students needs to be emphasized as the moderate level for this overall psychological distress can change to a higher level. Based on the findings, several suggestions have also been discussed. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023-12-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109538/1/the-prevalence-of-mental-health-among-malaysian-university-students.pdf Arifin, Suhaili and Abdullah, Siti Salina and Omar, Nor Ezdianie and Mohamed, Nurshuhada and Mohamad Yusop, Yusni and Hamdul Hadi, Noor Muthmainnah (2023) The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13 (12). pp. 391-400. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/19796/The-Prevalence-of-Mental-Health-among-Malaysian-University-Students 10.6007/ijarbss/v13-i12/19796
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description The mental health among university students should be given close, and more proper, attention due to the fact that they are the national asset in years to come. Life in the university can be pressurizing to the students as they have to grapple with the process of adaptation, family separation, relationship issues, financial issues, health issues and many others. Nonetheless, the university is not the place to solve a student’s personal problems. Instead, they have to deal with the problems themselves using the resources and facilities that have been provided to them. Those students who fail to manage these challenges are highly exposed to mental health problems and further lead to the academic underperformance. Hence, mental health issues are crucial to be addressed to improve their wellbeing and success. Therefore, this study is conducted to identify the mental health level of the Malaysian students in the university. A total of n=810 students was chosen using a simple random sampling technique. This study employs the Mental Health Inventory (MHI) to collect the data. The result indicates that more than half respondents had moderate to high level of psychological distress =68.9%, anxiety =72.7%, and depression =60.6%. Meanwhile for loss of behavioral or emotional control=42.8% were at moderate to high level. In conclusion, even so the level of mental health among university students needs to be emphasized as the moderate level for this overall psychological distress can change to a higher level. Based on the findings, several suggestions have also been discussed.
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author Arifin, Suhaili
Abdullah, Siti Salina
Omar, Nor Ezdianie
Mohamed, Nurshuhada
Mohamad Yusop, Yusni
Hamdul Hadi, Noor Muthmainnah
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Abdullah, Siti Salina
Omar, Nor Ezdianie
Mohamed, Nurshuhada
Mohamad Yusop, Yusni
Hamdul Hadi, Noor Muthmainnah
The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students
author_facet Arifin, Suhaili
Abdullah, Siti Salina
Omar, Nor Ezdianie
Mohamed, Nurshuhada
Mohamad Yusop, Yusni
Hamdul Hadi, Noor Muthmainnah
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title The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students
title_short The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students
title_full The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students
title_fullStr The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students
title_full_unstemmed The prevalence of mental health among Malaysian university students
title_sort prevalence of mental health among malaysian university students
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2023
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109538/1/the-prevalence-of-mental-health-among-malaysian-university-students.pdf
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