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1. Muhammad Luqman Syakir Bin Rosli (ME0100662)
2. Muhammad Azfahsyah Fahmi Bin Mohamad Ghous
(ME0105188)
3. Muhamad Syahmi Bin Johari (ME0100789)
4. Aiman Ismat Bin Mohd Radzi (CE0100974)
5. Ribie Amir Bin Rushdan (ME0103581)
6. Shafiq Zafri Bin Zakri (CE0100145)
7. Luqman Hakim Bin Shaarom (VM0103363)
8. Hoo Keng Bing (VM0103401)
9. Alsubaie Abdulelah (EP0103307)
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CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………(3)
1.1 PROJECT INTRODUCTION……………………………………………(3)
1.1.1 WHAT IS STRESS?.............................................................(4)
1.1.2 HOW STRESS HAPPENED?..............................................(4)
1.1.3 WHY STRESS HAPPENED?..............................................(5)
1.2 OBJECTIVES……………………………………………………………..(6)
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW………………………………………………………….
2.1 ARTICLE 1: MENTAL HEALTH OF MALAYSIAN STUDENTS
CAUSE OF WORRY…………………………………….(7)
2.2 ARTICLE 2: FORM 4 STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES…...(9)
2.3 ARTICLE 3: TOO MANY TEENS SUFFERING FROM STRESS…(11)
3.0 METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………………...
3.1 POPULATION/ SAMPLE………………………………………………(14)
3.2 INSTRUMENT USED FOR RESEARCH…………………………….(15)
3.3 ANALYSIS……………………………………………………………….(15)
4.0 RESULTS………………………………………………………………………..(25)
4.1 DEMOGRAPHY OF FINDINGS……………………………………….(25)
4.2 COMPARISON BETWEEN FINDINGS……………………………….(26)
4.3 CORRELATION BETWEEN FINDINGS……………………………(27)
5.0 DISCUSSION………………………………………………………………….(29)
5.1 SUGGESTION…………………………………………………………(30)
5.2 SUMMARY…………………………………………………………….(31)
6.0 REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………(32)
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Stress is a common problem that affects almost all of us at some point in our
lives. Learning to identify when you are under stress, what is stressing you, and
different ways of coping with stress can greatly improve both your mental and physical
well-being. When there is a change in life, we adjust ourselves to fit in the new
condition. For a student, stress may be caused by failure in academic or sports,
financial problems, health problems or loss of a family member or close friend. Such
events that bring stress are called stressors. A sudden change in life or stressors may
affect a person’s lifestyle or even his/her physical and mental health. The impact of a
stressor leaves on a person depends on how the person takes the tension. If the person
takes the event positively by accepting it as a part of challenge in life and find ways to
deal with it, the stress will fade away and gone when he/she gets over it. Conversely,
the consequence may leave the person a prolonged emotional disturbance.
Besides, most students have moved out from home and they have to be wise in
managing their time and activities. They now meet people of different ages and
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backgrounds; thus interpersonal skills are needed to socialize with the people around
them. Past research shows that some undergraduate students significantly experience
stress. First-year university students were found to be particularly prone to stress.
Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand. It can be caused
by both good and bad experiences. When people feel stressed by something going on
around them, their bodies react by releasing chemicals into the blood. These chemicals
give people more energy and strength, which can be a good thing if their stress is
caused by physical danger. But this can also be a bad thing, if their stress is in
response to something emotional and there is no outlet for this extra energy and
strength. This class will discuss different causes of stress, how stress affects you, the
difference between 'good' or 'positive' stress and 'bad' or 'negative' stress, and some
common facts about how stress affects people today.
According to Kirsi Bhasin, stress is your body’s response to events that make
you feel threatened. When you sense danger—whether real or imagined—the body’s
defenses are activated in a rapid, automatic response known as the “fight or flight”
reaction, or the stress response. During this time, your body releases stress hormones
called cortisol and adrenaline, which cause your heart to beat faster, your muscles to
tighten, your blood pressure to rise, your breathing to quicken, and your senses to
become sharper, all in order to prepare you to either fight or flee from the danger at
hand. Some stress is good, for example, when the car in front of you stops
unexpectedly, and you instinctively slam on the brakes to avoid an accident. But when
stress starts to occur without direction, it can become a serious problem for both your
physical and psychological health.
Unfortunately for us, stress can be caused by a number of factors. Chemical
stress (such as diet), emotional stress (such as loss of a loved one, nervousness, etc.),
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mental stress (negative outlooks, racing thoughts), and physical stress can all take a toll
on our bodies and our minds. However, identifying what causes our stress is the first
step to managing that stress.
We all react differently to stressful situations. What is stressful to one person may
not be stressful to another. Almost anything can cause stress. Different situations can
trigger stress for different people. For some people, just thinking about something or
several small things can cause stress. Common major life events that can trigger stress
include:
● abortion or miscarriage
● driving in heavy traffic or fear of an accident
● fear of crime or problems with
● neighbors pregnancy and becoming a parent
● excessive noise, overcrowding, and pollution
● uncertainty or waiting for an important outcome
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1.2 OBJECTIVES
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Based on article above that qualified to be related to our field of research was
based on Bernama – September, 2016 titled Mental Health of Malaysian Students
cause of worry published on New Straits Time. The article strongly related to our topics
(Stress in Young Adults in Malaysia). The article stated that Heath Ministry statistically
reveal a worsening state of mental health problems among Malaysian students, from
one in 10 individuals in 2011 to one in five in 2016. Experts cite stress and depression
as the main causes of mental health problems among students not ruling out the
influence of drugs as factor.
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Referring to the causes, Dr Mohd Suhaimi said stress develop from emotional
disorder due to family background, own problems, education, relationship and sports
that widely have strong relationship with stress.
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“From the screening we did in schools, more than 100,000 students have said
that they have mental health issues” - Dr Subramaniam
Based on these statement and screening, we can conclude that mental health
issues such as stress are affected among young adults at early age such stress on
studies, own problems, family background, relationship and sports.
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Based on the article above, drastically the numbers of young adults in Malaysia
increase every year by huge different in number. Statically the affected young adults
aged between 13 to 17 are critically suffering from mental health problem such stress
and depressions.
According to the Education Ministry’s Healthy Mind Programme (Program Minda
Sihat) 2017, which had 284,516 students participating, 5,104 youngsters received
intervention from their school’s counsellors.
The survey on students’ problems found that 50% of 120,420 students faced
personal problems that included exam stress, 29% faced family problems, 11% faced
issues with friends, and 10% faced problems with their teachers.
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Figure 1: Based on the pictogram above showed a research of Stress Among Teenagers in
Malaysia.
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3.0 METHODOLOGY
3.1 Population/Sample
We have distributed some questionnaires related to Stress among young adults
in UNITEN and outside of UNITEN to have their feedback regarding this symptom.
Figure 2
Of all the respondents, 73.2% of them are age of between 21-22 years old,
17.9% of 18-20 years old and the rest are between 23-27 as shown in figure (). From
this distribution, we can investigate which group of age are aware about stress.
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Figure 3
The survey is conduct especially to young adults thus the respondents are in the
age of below 27. This is because from some research by American Psychological
Association, Millennials report the highest average stress levels along with Gen Xers
[6]. From the survey, the most contributors are from a group of age 21 to 22. This is
because at this age, it is quite difficult for some young adults to manage their stress
compared to others.
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Figure 4
From Figure 4, majority of the respondents are currently undergraduates who are
pursuing Bachelor Degree with 82.1%. Next is diploma study levels with 10.7% and
remaining is 7.2% from other study levels.
Figure 5
Based on Figure 5, students are the highest respondents with 91.1% then
followed by government/private servants with 7.1% and remaining is 1.8% who works
alone. From some researches and studies, there is no doubt that students are the most
who suffer stress compared to adults. The agency’s Stress in America survey found that
30% of teens reported feeling sad because of stress and 31% felt overwhelmed [4].
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b) Survey Questions.
Figure 5
83.9% of the respondents answered Yes for the questions while 10.7% answered
maybe and 5.4% answered no. This shows that most of the respondents are aware
about stress and it is a good sign to show they are concern about themselves. While for
others, they seems does not sure that they sometimes having stress and remaining
does not realized at all. Stress can cause many bad impacts not only just to someone
lifestyle but also to their surrounding and work performance. Based on survey by
Reader’s Digest, most of people realizes they are in stress but they doing nothing about
it [10].
Figure 6
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64.3% of the respondents know the risk caused by stress and its consequences,
28.6% answered ‘Maybe’ while remaining answered ‘No’. This portrayed a good sign of
respondents that they know what to do and they concern about effect of stress so they
would not do something that might lead to unfortunate events on themselves. Stress
can lead to many things that might affect not just our mood but our body and our
behaviour. For example;
1. Common effects of stress on our body:
- headache.
- chest pain.
- fatigue.
- stomach upset.
2. Common effects of stress on our mood:
- anxiety.
- lack of motivation.
- sadness or depression.
3. Common effects of stress on our behaviour:
- drug or alcohol abuse.
- social withdrawal.
- overeating or undereating.
Figure 7
76.8% of respondents answered ‘No’ while others say ‘Yes’. This shown that
most of the respondents have not attended to any event/talks related to stress. During
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the events for example World Mental Health Day, there are many things that are offered
to help people to manage stress such as counselling, fun activities and Depression
Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) scales.
Figure 8
Different people have different way to release stress. It is vital for everyone to
release stress so stress would not harm their mind, body and mood. When someone
release stress, they can improve their mood, boost immune function and allow them to
be more productive.
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Figure 9
Based on Figure 9, majority are agreed that financial problem can lead to stress.
Young adults lack a formal education in managing their finances. Furthermore, most
young adults who are still pursuing their studies are in debt for their study loans. Next,
desire to have luxury lifestyle also contribute to financial problem among young adults
that leads to stress.
Figure 10
75% (42) respondents answered Yes, 21.4% (12) answered Maybe and 3.6% (2)
answered No. A good relationship with parents can make you feel you are loved and
you know someone is cared about you. From good relationship we can reduce effect of
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stress. If we are having stress, we have someone to share about it. So a good
relationship with parents can actually help us to reduce stress. Some people do not
have a good relationship with their own parents and this also can lead to stress. For
example, someone who have a family issues seems to distance themselves from their
family and they do not have a place to share their problem.
c) DASS questions.
*0: Does not portrayed my condition at all,
*1: This portrayed about my condition a little bit,
*2: Quite portrayed about my conditions a lot,
*3: Really shows my condition.
Figure 11
From this Figure 11, majority of respondents with 41.1% answered 1 then
followed by 2 by with 32.1%, 17.9% answered 3 and 8.9% answered 0. Based on this
question, they aware they find themselves quite hard to calm down. When in stress, it is
important to hold yourself so that you would not do somethings that might harm you.
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Figure 12
Based on the Figure 12, 42.9% (24) respondents answered 0 followed by 33.9 %
(19) answered 1, 16.1% (9) answered 2 and 7.1% (4) answered 3. This proves that
most of the respondents still think rational even when they are in stress. We can say
that it is important to think first before we do something even we are in stress so no bad
things happened to us.
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Figure 13
From Figure 13, 37.5% (21) respondents choose 2 which is this statement
portrayed about themselves a lot. Next, 25% (14) respondents choose 1 which is this
statement portrayed about themselves a little bit. Then 23.2% (13) respondents choose
3 which is this statement really portrayed about themselves and finally 14.3% (8)
respondents choose 0 which is this statement does not represent about them. Stress is
due to something that we think a lot. If someone worried too much, he/she will face a lot
of difficulties and this can lead to Insomnia. Thinking too much before sleeping is one of
the factors for Insomnia. If he or she is a student, this might be a big problem and can
affect their academic.
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Figure 14
Based on Figure 14, the most chosen answer is 3 with 43.4% (23) which means they
distance themselves from others when they are in stress. Next, 26.4% (14) for 2 which
means they agreed this statement portrayed about themselves a lot and 20.8% (11)
choose 1 which is this statement does not portrayed about them much. Finally, 9.4% (5)
respondents choose 0 which is this statement does not portray about themselves at all.
Some people tend to distance themselves from others because they afraid they might
hurt other people when they are in stress and they think this is the best option. There
are some people who seeks for other when they are in stress. It is recommended to
reach out for people when you are in stressed so you do not have to carry the burden
alone. At least, you will feel much better when you share your problem with others.
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Questions Ratings
Table 1 shows that most people having depression agreed on the level of anxiety
portrayed by them whereas majority vote for a little bit agreed when being asked about
their tendency to calm down when in stress. Stress can be relieved in many forms,
similarly as it comes from many areas of life. The first step strategies is important for
quick relief of stress to help people de-stress their mind and relax their physiology. For
examples, they can do stress relief breathing, laugh, mini meditation and aromatherapy.
If these steps are taken, people can think clearly and avoid any negative impacts due to
chronic stress.
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Meanwhile, people are still positive when facing stress as almost half of the
respondents disagreed to do something harmful. This proves that people are afraid and
can think rational when involving physical damages either to themselves or others. In
most cases, people can cope with stress after some time having a short break. They
need to separate themselves from the stressor for a few moments that can calm them
such as turning away from works, organizations and activities involved.
Moreover, most of the respondents agreed of having too much worried on little
things which are beyond their control such as worrying the examination date, their loved
ones and examination results when in stress. The consequence probably occur is that
they are thinking of all kind of stuffs that they have hardly control over it in fear. This
results in jolting the adrenaline and difficult to shut the emotion down. The findings also
show that almost all of the respondents agreed that they will avoid people when having
stress. In such situation, most of the time, time is the best medicine. Even the children
forget their mother in few months, people also can forget their problems in short period
of time.
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terrible is throwing themselves into ravine. The studies find that suicide is one of the
leading causes of death in the United States, especially among young people. In the
United States, it is the tenth leading cause of death, claiming the lives of more than
44,000 people. While in Malaysia, research shows that suicide is the second leading
causes of death among youths aged between 15 -29 years old [1].
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5.0 DISCUSSION
5.1 PAST STUDY
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5.2 SUGGESTION
Young adults can decrease stress with the following behaviours and techniques;
- Find activities you enjoy and build them into your routine such as yoga, hiking,
skateboarding or walking.
- Don’t drink caffeine late in the day
- Talk to a parent, teacher or other trusted adult
- Get enough sleep
- Eat well
- Exercise
- Avoid unnatural energy boosters
- Try not to overload yourself
- Avoid relaxing with alcohol, Smoking
- Listening music
- Try to see the positive side
- Laugh
- Build a network of friends who help you cope in a positive way
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5.3 SUMMARY
Stress is the body's response to physical, mental, or emotional changes,
situations, and forces. Stress can result from external factors (e.g., events,
environment) or from internal factors (e.g., expectations, attitudes, feelings).
Stress often occurs in response to situations that are perceived as being difficult
to handle or threatening. Common causes for stress (called stressors) include illness,
injury, fear, and anxiety. Each person reacts to stress differently. A healthy response to
stress begins quickly; is appropriate in degree and in length; and can improve function,
motivation, and productivity.
The body's response to stress is initiated and controlled by the central nervous
system (brain and spinal cord). In response to a stressful situation, the brain first signals
the inner portion of the adrenal gland (called the adrenal medulla) to release hormones
(e.g., adrenaline [epinephrine], norepinephrine) that initiate the "flight-or-fight" response.
Next, the brain triggers the release of other hormones, such as cortisol, to sustain this
response. Effects of these hormones include the following:
● Changes in digestion (caused by increased blood flow to the muscles and
reduced blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract)
● Dilation of blood vessels
● Increased breathing (respiration) rate
● Increased heart rate and blood pressure (caused by increased blood flow to the
brain)
● Increased blood sugar levels (to provide more energy) [12]
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