Association between Depression, Stress, Anxiety and Academic Students in Universiti Putra Malaysia

Alabdali, Razan Mansour (2022) Association between Depression, Stress, Anxiety and Academic Students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Mental health is influential and essential for people of all ages and it is a key component of a person's ability to function. International university students are at high risk of having mental health issues due to the factors they are facing including a new environment and low income. Depression, stress, and anxiety are common among international students and might result in affecting their academic performance. Objective: To determine the association between depression, stress, anxiety, and academic performance among international students at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Methods: a cross-sectional survey study was carried out among undergraduate international students. 320 undergraduate international students was selected using the convenience sampling method. Participants completed a questionnaire that contains two parts about socio-demographics, depression, anxiety, and stress scale. Result: 54.2% of the respondents were from 21-24 years old, most of them are female 52.1%, and 47.9% are male, majority their financial status is RM4,849 and below 54.8%, the majority are in the third year 30.2%, CGPA 39.6% have CGPA From 3.1 - 3.5. The depression level was moderate, mean score 6.7, the anxiety level is severe with mean score 7.1, the stress level is mild with mean score 8.1, The results showed there is no significant association between depression with academic performance anxiety with academic performance, and stress with academic performance, where all p-value < 0.05. Also, there is no significant association between depression, stress, anxiety, and demographic data (age, gender, financial status, and year of study), where p-value > 0.05. Conclusion: The result obtained in this study showed that there is no significant association between depression, stress, anxiety, and academic performance among undergraduate international students at the university. Keywords: Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Academic performance, international students

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	07 Aug 2023 01:03
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2023 01:03
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1237

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