Stress Among University Students In Malaysia

In malaysia the major sources of stress among students are mostly difficulty in concentrating due to the presence of excessive information the pressure of heavy workload and examinations that cause harmful effects on their health and performance 15.

Stress among university students in malaysia. A national survey has revealed that malaysians aged 13 to 17 are critically suffering from mental health problems. Shamsuddin et al 2013 reported that the prevalence of depression anxiety and stress among malaysian university students was 37 2 63 and 23 7 respectively. A cross sectional study was conducted on 506 students between the ages of 18 and 24 years from four public universities in the klang valley malaysia. Bayram and bilgel 2008 found that.

Most suicidal attempts by students are caused by mental health issues but many parents are not aware of it. Suicidal cases are quite common in malaysia the number of reported suicidal cases among students have been increasing over the years and the age of students who attempt to commit suicide is getting younger too. The prevalence of moderate to extremely severe level of depression anxiety and stress among undergraduate students in malaysia was ranging from 13 9 to 29 3 51 5 to 55 0 and 12 9 to 21 6 respectively. One in five are suffering depression 18 3 two in five anxiety 39 7 and one in 10 suffering from stress 9 6.

Procedia social and behavioral sciences 29 2011 646 â 655 international conference on education and educational psychology iceepsy stress and academic achievement among undergraduate students in universiti putra malaysia habibah elias wong siew ping maria chong abdullah faculty of educational studies universiti putra malaysia 43400 upm serdang selangor darul ehsan malaysia.