Socio-demographic Determinants and Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Malaysian University Students
Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress amongst undergraduate university students may exert a significant, adversative effect on their health and wellbeing. The main objective of the current study was to identify and examine the socio-demographic determinants of depression, anxiety, and stres...
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Indian Academy of Applied Psychology
2017
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/48438/1/TALWARInJr.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/48438/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323247102_Socio-demographic_determinants_and_prevalence_of_depression_anxiety_and_stress_among_Malaysian_university_students |
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| Summary: | Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress amongst undergraduate university students may exert a significant, adversative effect on their health and wellbeing. The
main objective of the current study was to identify and examine the socio-demographic determinants of depression, anxiety, and stress amongst undergraduate students
from a public university in Sarawak, Malaysia. An exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted by administering a self-report English language questionnaire to 254 students. The first section of the questionnaire was utilized to garner information about socio-demographic characteristics, and the second section comprised of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). Results indicate a particularly high prevalence of anxiety amongst the respondents. The DASS-21 exhibited adequate reliability, with the three-factor model showing a good fit to the data from the current study. So far where the socio-demographic determinants are concerned, the results demonstrated
that students receiving adequate parental social support were associated with higher stress. Poor relationship with parents was also found to be significantly associated with
depression. It is anticipated that inferences drawn from this study could lead to a better understanding of the risk factors that imperil students. |
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