Stress and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, coping and internet use among late adolescent university students in East Malaysia
Introduction: Adolescents pursuing higher education at the university experience stressful life events on top of academic demands, where failure in managing those stressors can lead to stress as well as other more severe physical and mental health problems. Limited research exists locally about t...
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my.unimas.ir.286622021-04-26T03:57:55Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28662/ Stress and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, coping and internet use among late adolescent university students in East Malaysia Cheah, Whye Lian Lai, H. Y. RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Introduction: Adolescents pursuing higher education at the university experience stressful life events on top of academic demands, where failure in managing those stressors can lead to stress as well as other more severe physical and mental health problems. Limited research exists locally about the association between coping and internet use with the perceived stress. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 527 university students between 18-19 years old in Kota Samarahan. A self-administered questionnaire containing background information, perceived stress, measures of coping, motives of utilizing the internet, and internet addiction test was used. IBM SPSS version 23 was used for the data analysis. Result: The results showed that being female or having avoidant-emotional coping strategy was positively associated with perceived stress, whereas a problem-focused coping strategy was negatively associated with perceived stress. Internet addiction and underlying internet motives were not associated with perceived stress. Conclusion: The need to understand the association between coping and perceived stress is essential for professionals to assist adolescents in managing their mental health. Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (India) 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28662/1/Cheah%2C%20Whye%20Lian.pdf Cheah, Whye Lian and Lai, H. Y. (2019) Stress and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, coping and internet use among late adolescent university students in East Malaysia. Journal of Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 16 (1). pp. 13-32. ISSN 0973-1342 https://jiacam.org/ojs/index.php/JIACAM |
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Introduction: Adolescents pursuing higher education at the university experience stressful
life events on top of academic demands, where failure in managing those stressors can lead to
stress as well as other more severe physical and mental health problems. Limited research
exists locally about the association between coping and internet use with the perceived stress.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 527 university students
between 18-19 years old in Kota Samarahan. A self-administered questionnaire containing
background information, perceived stress, measures of coping, motives of utilizing the
internet, and internet addiction test was used. IBM SPSS version 23 was used for the data
analysis.
Result: The results showed that being female or having avoidant-emotional coping strategy
was positively associated with perceived stress, whereas a problem-focused coping strategy
was negatively associated with perceived stress. Internet addiction and underlying internet
motives were not associated with perceived stress.
Conclusion: The need to understand the association between coping and perceived stress is
essential for professionals to assist adolescents in managing their mental health. |
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Stress and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, coping and internet use among late adolescent university students in East Malaysia |
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Stress and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, coping and internet use among late adolescent university students in East Malaysia |
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Stress and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, coping and internet use among late adolescent university students in East Malaysia |
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