Effect of aerobic dance activity on stress among residential students in UiTM Seremban / Ain Farhana Mahadi

This study was to examine the effect of aerobic dance activity on stress among residential students in UiTM Seremban. This study addressed three main objectives which are; (1) to examine the effect of aerobic dance activity on participates stress; (2) to examine the contributing factors that affect to the stress among residential students in UiTM Seremban; and (3) to examine the difference on stress among residential students in UiTM Seremban in tenns of gender. This study utilized pre and post quasi non-experimental method. A survey using questionnaire approach to 161 of students in UiTM Seremban were used (n = 161). The respondents were chosen using the probability sampling which is random sampling. The instrument used is questionnaire that consist of two sections which is the demographic profiles and Perception of Academic Stress Scale (PAS) (Bedewy & Gabriel, 2015). This study utilized paired sample t-test, descriptive analysis and independent sample t-test. This study also highlighted four contributing factors of academic stress based on Model of Factors of Academic Stress (Bedewy & Gabriel, 2015); (1) pressures to perform; (2) perceptions of workload; (3) academic self-perceptions; and (4) time restraints.