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The study aimed to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement (AA) among undergraduate university students in Malaysia. Four hundred and sixty (n=460) undergraduate university students in Malaysia involved in the present study. The Assessing Emotional Scale (AES) questionnaire was used to measure EI, while the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) used to determine AA scores. Pearson correlations were utilized to examine the relationship between EI and AA. The findings showed positive and weak relationship between overall emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement (r=.090), perception of emotion (PE) and academic achievement (r=.016) and managing others’ emotion (MOTE) and academic achievement (r=.044). Perception of Emotion (PE) are found significantly and positively correlate with academic achievement (r=.101). A significant positive relationship also reported between Managing Own Emotion (MOE) and academic achievement (r=.123). This study helps in understanding and providing information on the university students’ emotional intelligence and academic achievement during undergraduate life.

Purpose of the study: Depression is a common mental disorder which had become a powerful trigger of suicidal ideation. The aim is to identify the difference and relationship of depression and suicidal ideation among university students. Methods: A total of four hundred and fiftysix (N=456) students were recruited through proportionate sampling. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R) and Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (ASIQ) were used to measure depression and suicidal ideation, respectively. Results: The results show that there was a weak and positive relationship between depression and suicidal ideation among university students (r=.22). A significant difference of depression was found between genders (p<.05), on the contrary no significant difference on suicidal ideation between genders (p>.05) Conclusion: This study helps in examining the relationship and difference in depression and suicidal ideation among university students. Female has higher depression than male counterpart due to poor control over emotion. In conclusion, as depression increases, the suicidal ideation also increases among university students.

The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effect between verbal instructions and video modelling on underhand volleyball serve among novice volleyball players. Thirty novice volleyball players (N=30) aged between 16 to 17 years old were recruited and randomly assigned into two groups; verbal instructions and video modelling. The results from the acute effects between verbal instructions and video modelling on underhand volleyball serve among novice volleyball players was found significant in pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2 for both verbal instructions and video modelling. Significant improvements (p<0.05) were recorded after being exposed to different types of learning aids in the post-test. The results also showed that there was no significant difference reported between both groups of verbal instructions and video modelling. In conclusion, verbal instructions and video modelling are both effective in order to improve the underhand volleyball serve among novice volleyball players.