Students’ Psychological Adjustment and Perceived Mental Healthcare Needs During Pandemic Covid-19

Nh Marmaya,Wl Koe,Ne Alias,N Wee,Na Abdul Razak

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v11-i12/11865

Abstract

This study explores the level of psychological adjustment and perceived mental healthcare needs among university students in Malaysia. A quantitative method was adopted in this study and responses from 250 university students in Malaysia. This result shows most of the students’ psychological adjustment were good however, the students still need mental healthcare from counselor. This study adopt a cross-sectional research design and longitudinal research design should be done for a better result. This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the psychological adjustment and perceived mental healthcare needs among university students during pandemic covid 19 within Malaysian context.

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The shocking news that gives a huge impact on the whole world of the new virus from Wuhan, China
This study explores the level of psychological adjustment and perceived mental healthcare needs among university students in Malaysia
This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the psychological adjustment and perceived mental healthcare needs among university students during pandemic covid 19 within Malaysian context

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Introduction

The shocking news that gives a huge impact on the whole world of the new virus from Wuhan, China. This coronavirus disease (COVID-19) been discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, where at the beginning the virus was unidentified in the human body and officially reported it is SARS-CoV-2 (WHO, 2020). This is to restrict the movement of people to control the spread of the virus called Movement Control Order (MCO). When the MCO begins, the citizen is being reported affecting a mental health problem in much of the challenges of difficulty to cope to stay at home for months and the mixed feeling of stress, anxiety, fear, suicidal, and helplessness. The factors that led to mental illness are the loss of loved ones, new COVID-19 variants, loss of jobs and income, loss of a place of dependence, ongoing financial distress and family issues arising from long isolation

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