IDENTIFYING THE MENTAL STRESS OF MALAY STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCING HYSTERIA PHENOMENON USING KRAEPELIN TEST

Abstract

Hysteria is a symptom of emotional distress and mental illness that is prevalent among teenage girls. It happens a lot in schools during class. Hysteria frequently starts with one student and then spreads to other pupils, sometimes as many as 20-50 at a time. Its strange symptoms include uncontrollable screaming, struggle, crying for no apparent cause, speaking incoherently, and body paralysis. Many elements that create hysteria have been recognized in previous studies on the subject by psychologists, psychiatrists, and physicians from an alternative Islamic perspective. Hysteria can be influenced by cultural elements as well as personal values and beliefs. Psychologists feel that the patient's mental stress is the main cause of hysteria. One way for these patients to express themselves is through hysteria. Hysteria, according to psychiatrists, can be caused by intense emotional stress resulting from long-standing, unsolved, and unspoken emotional issues. The purpose of this study is to identify the mental stress of Malay students thus involved in hysteria by using the Kraepelin test. The Uchida-Kraepelin (U-K) test is a simple mathematic that requires intense concentration and effort and has been used as a tool to induce mental stress. This test used to identify mental stress among Malay students who attacked by hysteria. Hysteria is a social problem, which always occurs among school students in Malaysia. 10 hard hysteria students from four different schools were selected for this research. Mental stress status was assessed using the Kraepelin test. The state of mental speed reflects the state after they involved in hysteria. 10 students between the ages of 13 and17 from four different schools participated.