Correlates of mental health on online distance learning during COVID-19 among Malaysia vocational students

Ahmad, Wan Nurlisa Wan; Idrus, Alea Aqilah; Azman, Mohamed Nor Azhari; Kassymova, Gulzhaina K.

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“…The result of this study involving stress among students found that 36.4% experienced moderate stress symptoms and 20.5% experienced severe stress. These findings are in line with studies that have been conducted by several researchers in Malaysia (Ghafar et al, 2021;Ahmad et al, 2022) and India (Ahmed and Prashantha, 2018;George and Joseph, 2018).…”

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“…As for the findings of a recent study through the assessment of the level of anxiety, it was reported that more than half of the participants experienced very severe anxiety (52.3%), followed by severe anxiety by 27.5%. These findings were consistent with a similar study by Astutik et al (2020), who found that the level of anxiety among newly established remote campus students in Indonesia was 51.1%, and another study from universities in Malaysia in 2021 reported 47% reported mild to very severe anxiety symptoms (Ahmad et al, 2022). Those involved fall under the category of higher COVID-19 disease-related anxiety levels (Cleofas and Rocha, 2021).…”

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“…The findings of this study through the assessment of the level of depression showed that 32.2% experienced severe depressive symptoms and 30.6% had moderate depressive symptoms. These findings have been supported by Ahmad et al (2022) involving vocational students in Malaysia in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, which found that 30% of them suffered from severe or very severe depression. There were also findings studied before the pandemic that found Malaysian university students face depression, with 27.5% categorised as moderate and 9.7% suffering from severe or very severe depression (Shamsuddin et al, 2013).…”

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“…A study carried out by Shamsuddin et al (2013) at a public university in Malaysia, reported that 27.5% and 9.7%, respectively, suffered from moderate and severe or very severe depression; 34% and 29% had moderate and severe or very severe anxiety, respectively. Meanwhile, a different study by Ahmad et al (2022) that involved vocational students in Malaysia in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic found that 30% of them had severe or very severe depression, 41% had anxiety, and 20% had stress. These two studies showed a significant increase in mental health disorders in learning among students, especially during the implementation of ODL.…”

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Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Undergraduate Students During Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

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Hasan²,

Baharuddin³

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic after the outbreak became increasingly severe. The Malaysian government has taken various measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 to protect Malaysians from the adverse effects of COVID-19 infection. One action taken by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia is to close all educational institutions that previously conducted face-to-face learning and replace it with open and distance learning (ODL). The unprecedented experience of 'home quarantine' has a wide range of effects on students' mental health. This study aimed to assess depression, anxiety, and stress levels and examine the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and the Depression and Anxiety Stress (DASS) subscale among undergraduate students. A cross-sectional survey of 258 undergraduate students in the public universities in Malaysia was conducted between October 2021 and January 2022 using convenience sampling techniques. The survey instrument used in this study was designed and adapted based on the Depression and Anxiety Stress scale-21 (DASS-21). An independent sample Ttest and a One-Way ANOVA were used to investigate the association between these perspectives. The findings revealed that 30.2% had severe depression, 52.3% experienced very severe anxiety, and 36.4% experienced moderate stress among undergraduate students. Anxiety and stress showed significant differences between gender, age group, level of education, and place of residence compared with depression. Therefore, it is important to identify students with mental health issues to receive appropriate interventions. Further studies are needed to design intervention program strategies for this group of students.

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Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Undergraduate Students During Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

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“…suicidal thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Copeland et al, 2021;Fawwaz et al, 2021). The mental health issues among university students going through ODL were increasingly becoming more severe and should not be taken lightly by academicians, family members, and/or the government (Lyubetsky et al, 2021;Ahmad et al, 2022). In addition, the risk factors associated with mental health issues were also found to be due to socio-demographic, economic, social, and health-related factors (Wathelet, 2020).…”

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Identifying Challenges and Risk Factors During Online Distance Learning (ODL) among Malaysian University Students

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Satimin²,

Sabri³

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the education system in this world, forcing students to navigate challenges and risk factors. Hence, this study was conducted to understand the challenges and risk factors faced by university students in Malaysia due to the sudden shift to online distance learning. It utilised a qualitative method and the data was obtained using open-ended questions via Google Form. The findings discovered that there were 4 themes under challenges, namely cultural (44.4%), individual (33.3%), technological (25.0%), and academic (i.e. their studies) (13.9%). The challenges were compounded by the risk factors, which were family (36.1%), health-related factors (27.8%), individual (25.0%), the pandemic (19.4%), social (8.3%), and geographical (2.8%). It can be inferred from the findings that students faced challenges during ODL and the risk factors may worsen the effects of the challenges on the students. Interestingly, it was observed that the students sought outlets to share their stressful experiences and were willing to use tools such as personal reflections. Since university students struggle with many mental health challenges, further research could look into students' reflections to determine their potential as a therapeutic tool in the classroom.

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The research on the impact of distance learning on students’ mental health

Wang

2023

Educ Inf Technol

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The mental health of students learning online is a critical task for many countries around the globe. The research purpose was to analyse the factors affecting the quality of mental health of young individuals who learnt under conditions of not total lockdowns but adaptive quarantine restrictions. The research involved 186 volunteers from Zhengzhou University of Technology, 94 were first-year students, and 92 were fourth-year students. The experimental group involved first-year students, and the control group involved fourth-year students. An average age of the participants in the experimental group was 18.3 years, and in the control group, the average age was 22.4 years. The scholars conducted the research after four months of distance learning under the adaptive quarantine. The students could be involved in their usual entertainment activities and interpersonal communication outside the home. The Behavioural Health Measure, better known as BHM-20, was the core psychometric tool. The research finds that distance learning is less effective for first-year students than for fourth-year students because the former cannot effectively adapt and communicate in a new social environment, and develop trusting interpersonal relationships with fellow students and teachers. The research results coincide with other research on this issue and demonstrate a low degree of mental resilience during and after the pandemic. Previous research is not suitable for the analysis of the mental health of students under adaptive quarantine, including the freshmen, considered the most vulnerable group. The article will be useful for professionals interested in distance education in higher educational institutions, workers of socio-psychological services at universities or individuals involved in adapting curriculum materials for distance learning.

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Correlates of mental health on online distance learning during COVID-19 among Malaysia vocational students

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Undergraduate Students During Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Undergraduate Students During Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

Identifying Challenges and Risk Factors During Online Distance Learning (ODL) among Malaysian University Students

The research on the impact of distance learning on students’ mental health

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