C Rajaram, Reenna Raj and Gan, Woon Rie and Suhaimi, Nurul Iman Sofea (2021) Mental health and social media use among Universiti Putra Malaysia undergraduate students. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Introduction: Mental health problems are highly prevalent among young adults with up to 25% experiencing a mental health problem in a given year. As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), half of all mental illnesses begin by the age of 13 and three-quarters by mid20s. The volume of social media use (SMU), encompassing metrics of quantity, have been associated with increased risk for both depression, anxiety and stress among young adults. Many studies have shown that greater daily time spent on social media, increased frequency of Social Media Use (SMU), and multiple platform use were associated with both depression, anxiety and stress. Depression, anxiety and stress in youth may be caused by a lot of factors. Another factor that is poorly researched on could be social media use, which will be the focus of the study. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the association between social media use and mental health among undergraduate students in UPM. Materials & Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among undergraduate students of Universiti Putra Malaysia. The stratified random sampling was used to divide all the undergraduate students into homogeneous strata. A google form questionnaire was used. Data was analysed using SPSS Statistics version 26.0 for windows. Results: The response rate was 101%. The respondents consist of mostly Malays, female, and second year students of UPM. As for sociodemographic factors, there is an association between gender and faculty of study with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and stress among undergraduate students of UPM. There was a weak positive relationship between updating Facebook and depression but not statistically significant (r = 0.046, p Q1= 0.207). However, there was a very weak negative relationship between time spent to update on Facebook and stress level and was not statistically significant (r = -0.019, p= 0.599). There is a significant association between updating on Instagram and stress level although the correlation is weak and negative (r = -0.073, p = 0.036). Nevertheless, there is a significant relationship between updating Twitter and stress level and negatively correlated (r = -0.112, p = 0.011). Conclusion: Undergraduates of female gender, students from Faculty Design and Architecture and Faculty Veterinary Medicine, number of friends on Facebook, number of followers on Instagram, frequency of updating posts on Instagram and on Twitter has significant association with mental health problems. We concluded that there is an association between social media use (SMU) and mental health problems among undergraduate students of UPM. Future study is suggested to increase and raise awareness regarding mental health by educating the public and not solely to undergraduate students only. Introduction: Mental health problems are highly prevalent among young adults with up to 25% experiencing a mental health problem in a given year. As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), half of all mental illnesses begin by the age of 13 and three-quarters by mid20s. The volume of social media use (SMU), encompassing metrics of quantity, have been associated with increased risk for both depression, anxiety and stress among young adults. Many studies have shown that greater daily time spent on social media, increased frequency of Social Media Use (SMU), and multiple platform use were associated with both depression, anxiety and stress. Depression, anxiety and stress in youth may be caused by a lot of factors. Another factor that is poorly researched on could be social media use, which will be the focus of the study. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the association between social media use and mental health among undergraduate students in UPM. Materials & Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among undergraduate students of Universiti Putra Malaysia. The stratified random sampling was used to divide all the undergraduate students into homogeneous strata. A google form questionnaire was used. Data was analysed using SPSS Statistics version 26.0 for windows. Results: The response rate was 101%. The respondents consist of mostly Malays, female, and second year students of UPM. As for sociodemographic factors, there is an association between gender and faculty of study with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and stress among undergraduate students of UPM. There was a weak positive relationship between updating Facebook and depression but not statistically significant (r = 0.046, p Q1= 0.207). However, there was a very weak negative relationship between time spent to update on Facebook and stress level and was not statistically significant (r = -0.019, p= 0.599). There is a significant association between updating on Instagram and stress level although the correlation is weak and negative (r = -0.073, p = 0.036). Nevertheless, there is a significant relationship between updating Twitter and stress level and negatively correlated (r = -0.112, p = 0.011). Conclusion: Undergraduates of female gender, students from Faculty Design and Architecture and Faculty Veterinary Medicine, number of friends on Facebook, number of followers on Instagram, frequency of updating posts on Instagram and on Twitter has significant association with mental health problems. We concluded that there is an association between social media use (SMU) and mental health problems among undergraduate students of UPM. Future study is suggested to increase and raise awareness regarding mental health by educating the public and not solely to undergraduate students only.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2023 04:39 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2023 04:39 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/912 |
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