1 SOURCES OF STRESS AMONG UITM KBM STUD
SOURCES OF STRESS AMONG UITM KBM STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
There are many challenges when become a student. It could be because of excess responsibility, adjusting with existing surrounding, adjustment with new friends, worries about academic achievements, or perhaps thinking about the future. The purpose of this study was to identify the sources of stress among students of MARA Technological University (UiTM) Melaka City Campus (KBM) and finding the correlation between independent and dependent variable. Methods: It was an exploratory research using quantitative design. The Cross-sectional study has been conducted from 21 Nov 2014 among UiTM KBM students. The population is 3442 students and the respondents were 346 surveys by referring to Krejcie and Morgan table. Data has been collected using set of questionnaire. Convenient sampling technique was used. The data has been analyzed by determining their corresponding frequency, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, percentage and weighted mean. Cronbach’s Alpha was used to indicate how well the items in a set are positively correlated to one another and factorial validity was used in this study by submitting the data for factor analysis. There are 4 independents variables that lead to stress which consists of interpersonal stress, intrapersonal stress, academic stress, and environmental stress while the dependent variable is stress. As for the conclusion, the future result of this study gave general impression indicated to the UiTM KBM students on which sources that lead to stress and the correlations between the sources and the stress. By finding the correlation between sources and the stress, there is potential in overcoming difficulties in the students daily live. In addition, the future findings perhaps would require intervention whether to minimize or remove if further research is carried out.
INTRODUCTION
1.0 Introduction
Over the past decades, stress has become one of an important topic in university as well as
ABSTRACT
There are many challenges when become a student. It could be because of excess responsibility, adjusting with existing surrounding, adjustment with new friends, worries about academic achievements, or perhaps thinking about the future. The purpose of this study was to identify the sources of stress among students of MARA Technological University (UiTM) Melaka City Campus (KBM) and finding the correlation between independent and dependent variable. Methods: It was an exploratory research using quantitative design. The Cross-sectional study has been conducted from 21 Nov 2014 among UiTM KBM students. The population is 3442 students and the respondents were 346 surveys by referring to Krejcie and Morgan table. Data has been collected using set of questionnaire. Convenient sampling technique was used. The data has been analyzed by determining their corresponding frequency, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, percentage and weighted mean. Cronbach’s Alpha was used to indicate how well the items in a set are positively correlated to one another and factorial validity was used in this study by submitting the data for factor analysis. There are 4 independents variables that lead to stress which consists of interpersonal stress, intrapersonal stress, academic stress, and environmental stress while the dependent variable is stress. As for the conclusion, the future result of this study gave general impression indicated to the UiTM KBM students on which sources that lead to stress and the correlations between the sources and the stress. By finding the correlation between sources and the stress, there is potential in overcoming difficulties in the students daily live. In addition, the future findings perhaps would require intervention whether to minimize or remove if further research is carried out.
INTRODUCTION
1.0 Introduction
Over the past decades, stress has become one of an important topic in university as well as
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