Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia

Introduction: Higher education is considered as a stressful period in students’ life which they have to cope with since they are facing a variety of demands such as living away from their families, a heavily loaded curriculum, and inefficiency in both mentor- mentee and health education programs....

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Main Authors:	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi, Ali, Syed Masroor, Mohamed Ismail, MaungKoHajee
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Language:	English
Published:	Sumathi Publications 2014
Subjects:	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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spelling	iium-365862018-06-20T01:44:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36586/ Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi Ali, Syed Masroor Mohamed Ismail, MaungKoHajee RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Introduction: Higher education is considered as a stressful period in students’ life which they have to cope with since they are facing a variety of demands such as living away from their families, a heavily loaded curriculum, and inefficiency in both mentor- mentee and health education programs. This will make them more vulnerable to emotional disturbances such as stress, anxiety and depression. Methodology: A total of 194 undergraduate students from Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia participated in questionnaire-based study using the Depression Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) to assess the severity of emotional disturbances Results: The overall prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was 64.4%, 84.5% and 56.7% respectively. Regarding the severity of the symptoms, it was found that 13.9%, 51.5 % and 12.9% of the students have clinically significant depression, anxiety and stress respectively. Young students aged 21 years and below had a statistically significant association with depression, anxiety and stress. While first year students had significant association with depression. Regarding the source of stressors, the top ten stressors decided by the students were mainly academic and personal factors. Conclusion: Emotional disturbances in the form of depression, anxiety and stress are existing in high rate among undergraduate science students that require early intervention. Factors including feeling of incompetence, lack of motivation to learn and difficulty of class work can be considered as source of stressors that may precipitate for depression anxiety and stress. Sumathi Publications 2014-03-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36586/1/33_Ali_Sabri_Radeef_etal.pdf Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef and Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi and Ali, Syed Masroor and Mohamed Ismail, MaungKoHajee (2014) Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 401-410. ISSN 2319-5886 http://ijmrhs.com/source-of-stressors-and-emotional-disturbances-among-undergraduate-science-students-in-malaysia/ 10.5958/j.2319-5886.3.2.082
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spellingShingle	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi Ali, Syed Masroor Mohamed Ismail, MaungKoHajee Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia
description	Introduction: Higher education is considered as a stressful period in students’ life which they have to cope with since they are facing a variety of demands such as living away from their families, a heavily loaded curriculum, and inefficiency in both mentor- mentee and health education programs. This will make them more vulnerable to emotional disturbances such as stress, anxiety and depression. Methodology: A total of 194 undergraduate students from Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia participated in questionnaire-based study using the Depression Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) to assess the severity of emotional disturbances Results: The overall prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was 64.4%, 84.5% and 56.7% respectively. Regarding the severity of the symptoms, it was found that 13.9%, 51.5 % and 12.9% of the students have clinically significant depression, anxiety and stress respectively. Young students aged 21 years and below had a statistically significant association with depression, anxiety and stress. While first year students had significant association with depression. Regarding the source of stressors, the top ten stressors decided by the students were mainly academic and personal factors. Conclusion: Emotional disturbances in the form of depression, anxiety and stress are existing in high rate among undergraduate science students that require early intervention. Factors including feeling of incompetence, lack of motivation to learn and difficulty of class work can be considered as source of stressors that may precipitate for depression anxiety and stress.
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title	Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia
title_short	Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia
title_full	Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Source of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate science students in Malaysia
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