Identifying predictors of university students' mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 0.4 Q4 NURSING

Kontakt Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI:10.32725/kont.2023.003

Siti Raba’ah Hamzah, Siti Nur Syuhada Musa, Muhammad Nur Waafi Bin Badruldin, Nurul Afifah Amiludin, Qurratul Ain Zameram, Muhd Jamil Muhshi Kamaruzaman, Nur Najwa Said, Nursyamimi Amirah Ahmad Haniff

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Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has been widely examined to be both an economic crisis and health with updates of increasing the mental health and well-being of university students. This study examines the relationships between physical health, social support, and mental health literacy with the mental well-being of Malaysian university students during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study population comprised 199 students. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with self-administered questionnaires that used the Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support instrument, and the Mental Health Literacy Scale. The survey also included items from the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). The results of this study showed that physical health had a positive and strong relationship with mental well-being. Similarly, the results indicated that social support had a significant and positive relationship with mental well-being. However, mental health literacy was not significantly associated with mental well-being. The results of this research might provide policymakers, practitioners, and university management with useful insights that foster the positive outcome of conducting intervention programs to improve the mental well-being of students.

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确定COVID-19大流行期间大学生心理健康的预测因素

随着大学生心理健康和幸福感的不断提高，新冠肺炎大流行被广泛认为既是经济危机，也是健康危机。本研究探讨了2019冠状病毒病大流行期间马来西亚大学生的身体健康、社会支持和心理健康素养与心理健康之间的关系。研究对象包括199名学生。采用自填问卷进行横断面调查，问卷采用短沃里克爱丁堡心理健康量表(SWEMWBS)、感知社会支持多维量表和心理健康素养量表。该调查还包括全球身体活动问卷(GPAQ)中的项目。这项研究的结果表明，身体健康与心理健康有着积极而强烈的关系。同样，结果表明社会支持与心理健康有显著的正相关。然而，心理健康素养与心理健康没有显著相关。本研究的结果可能为政策制定者、实践者和大学管理层提供有用的见解，以促进实施干预计划的积极结果，以改善学生的心理健康。

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Kontakt Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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0.60

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12 weeks

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