Psychological Impact of COVID-19 and Lockdown among University Students in Malaysia: Implications and Policy Recommendations
By S. Sundarasen, K. Chinna, Kamilah Kamaludin, Mohammad Nurunnabi, G. M. Baloch, H. Khoshaim, Syed Far Abid Hossain, Areej Sukayt. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown has taken the world by storm. This study examines its impact on the anxiety level of university students in Malaysia during the peak of the crisis and the pertinent characteristics affecting their anxiety. A cross-sectional online survey, using Zung’s self-rating anxiety questionnaire was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Out of the 983 respondents, 20.4%, 6.6%, and 2.8% experienced minimal to moderate, marked to severe, and most extreme levels of anxiety. Female gender (OR = 21.456, 95% CI = 1.061, 1.998, p = 0.020), age below 18 years (OR = 4.147, 95% CI = 1.331, 12.918, p = 0.014), age 19 to 25 (OR = 3.398, 95% CI = 1.431, 8.066, p = 0.006), pre-university level of education (OR = 2.882, 95% CI = 1.212, 6.854, p = 0.017), management studies (OR = 2.278, 95% CI = 1.526, 3.399, p < 0.001), and staying alone (OR = 2.208, 95% CI = 1.127, 4.325, p = 0.021) were significantly associated with higher levels of anxiety. The main stressors include financial constraints, remote online teaching and uncertainty about the future with regard to academics and career. Stressors are predominantly financial constraints, remote online learning, and uncertainty related to their academic performance, and future career prospects.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Economics and Econometrics, Social Psychology
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- Difficulties in Remote Learning: Voices of Philippine University Students in the Wake of COVID-19 Crisis (2020, background): “This issue has been similarly raised by students in Malaysia where they experience strains of attending 6 to 8 hours of online classes, which further worsen their stress level (Sundarasen et al., 2020).”
- Psychological impacts from COVID-19 among university students: Risk factors across seven states in the United States (2021, background): “Given the dominance of the COVID-19 pandemic in the news, younger "always-on" students may be exposed to greater amounts of risk-elevating messages, which can lead to anxiety and poor mental health [16, 75].”