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Title:
A CASE STUDY ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AT KOLEJ UNIVERSITY POLY-TECH MARA KUALA LUMPUR

Authors:
Mas Anom Abdul Rashid, Mohd Noor Azman Othman, Abdul Razak Ibrahim

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1Mas Anom Abdul Rashid, 2Mohd Noor Azman Othman, 3Abdul Razak Ibrahim
1School of Business and Accounting, Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA
2School of Computing and Technological Sciences, Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA
3School of Business and Accounting, Kolej Universiti Poly-Tech MARA

MLA 8
Rashid, Mas Anom Abdul, et al. "A CASE STUDY ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AT KOLEJ UNIVERSITY POLY-TECH MARA KUALA LUMPUR." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 5, May 2018, pp. 2056-2068, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=142. Accessed 2018.
APA
Rashid, M., Othman, M., & Ibrahim, A. (2018, May). A CASE STUDY ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AT KOLEJ UNIVERSITY POLY-TECH MARA KUALA LUMPUR. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(5), 2056-2068. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=142
Chicago
Rashid, Mas Anom Abdul, Mohd Noor Azman Othman, and Abdul Razak Ibrahim. "A CASE STUDY ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AT KOLEJ UNIVERSITY POLY-TECH MARA KUALA LUMPUR." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 5 (May 2018), 2056-2068. Accessed , 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=142.

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Abstract:
The Malaysian Ministry of Health has aired its concern towards the state of Malaysian students' mental health in the late 2016. Statistics revealed a worsening state of mental health problems among Malaysian students, which shows that there is an increase cases of mental health from 2011 to 2016. Experts cite anxiety and depression as the main causes of mental health problems among students although not ruling out the influence of drugs as a factor. Hence, this study is aimed to seek some answers to the state of the students overall mental health, what are the most influential factor that affects their mental health and how they manage these issues. A total of 340 students participated in this study and findings revealed that 50% of the students suffered from some kind of depressions triggered by various factors. The main factor contributing to mental health problem among the students are basically personal problems and second by academic problems.

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