A Correlational Study on the Effect of National Crisis on the Mental Health of Students at the Faculty of Nursing, Tripoli Libya and their Academic Performance

Maria Cristina Arboleda-Tinay, Rn, Man

doi:10.47191/ijcsrr/v4-i8-12

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the relationship of the effects of the national crisis on the mental of the students and their academic performance. Specifically, this study aimed to answer the following questions: 1.)What are the effects of the National crisis on the Mental Health of the students per semester level? 2.)What are the academic performance of the students per semester level? 3.)Is there a significant relationship between the effect of the national crisis on the mental health status of the students at the Faculty of Nursing and their academic performance? The findings that the researcher was able to extract from the study were: 1) The effects of the National crisis on the mental health of the students disclosed the same verbal interpretation of “A good bit of the time” for all semester levels. It is surprising to note that the summary from all semester levels is the same. Indeed it can be said that the mental health of the students although not greatly affected, there’s still some effects that could be seen and that it doesn’t matter which semesters they are currently in. 2) The academic performance of the students disclosed that semester 8 have a verbal interpretation of “Very Good”, semesters 3, 5, 6 and 7 as “Good” and semesters 1, 2 and 4 as “Fair”. The academic performance of the students are not the same for semester 1-8. It is more difficult for the lower years like semester 1, 2 and 4 to adapt as they revealed an overall interpretation of “Fair”. And only students at the last semester was able to get the verbal interpretation of “Very Good”. It is worthwhile to note that as the student progresses, the more likely for them to cope with their academic performance. 3) Statistical evidence shows that an r= 0.26 shows a positive weak relationship among variables. Though it’s not that high, indeed, the mental health of the students can be a predictor to their academic performance.

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Among the consequence of war, the negative impact it had on the mental health of the people of the society in general has been catastrophic
More than twenty percent of adolescents in the U.S have a mental health disorder, and one in five of them are affected by a mental health problem, which is estimated to account for a larger burden of disease than any other class of health conditions
Our results showed that mental health was a stronger predictor of academic performance than other predictors and students whose mental health improved made better academic progress than students whose mental health did not improve or worsened. 18

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Among the consequence of war, the negative impact it had on the mental health of the people of the society in general has been catastrophic. War destroys communities and families and lives. It leads to widespread human suffering and population displacement, it often disrupts the development of the social and economic fabric of nations. It disturbs and interrupts people's ability to live in peace and harmony. It corrupts nations and ruins generations and effects the youth especially on a large scale studies have shown that conflict situations cause more mortality and disability. They include endemic poverty, malnutrition, disability, economic/social decline and psycho-social illness, to mention only a few.

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