Mental health among UiTM students

The level of mental health among university students has been a topic of interest in research. Mental health refers to a person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It includes people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviours as well as their coping mechanisms, social interactions, and decision-making processes. For whole well-being and a high quality of life, good mental health is crucial. The focus of this research is to explore the level of mental health among university students in the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Johor branch, Pasir Gudang campus. The objective of this research is to find out how students manage their mental health, to determine the causes of mental health among UiTM students, to investigate the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, to investigate the effect of mental health on education and life and to analyse the number of students who are affected by mental health issues using descriptive analysis. There are four factors involved in this research, which are gender, age, status, and faculty. The sample size was 80 university students that were taken by using convenience random sampling. The data were collected through a questionnaire. There are two methods of analysis used, which are qualitative and quantitative methods. The finding shows that 50% of the respondents tend to have depression, and 50% of the respondents tend to have anxiety. It can be concluded that the level of mental health among university students in the UiTM Johor branch, Pasir Gudang campus is in a worse state since the tendency to have mental health problems is greater than 50%.