Stress management: the study towards quantity surveyor student's in relation to open and distance learning / Elver Marangkil

Academic stress is not a new issue for students in higher learning. But in the early 2020, due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has totally changed all educational facilities around the world. The sudden changes from face-to-face learning to online learning has brought students a lot of shocks and stress. The current situation simply brings the benefits of stress management which can help students to overcome their stress and challenges during the pandemics. Thus, the aim of this research is to study the stress management among Quantity Surveyor students related to Open and Distance Learning (ODL) at Universiti Teknologi MARA Sarawak. This research adopted a survey using the questionnaire that were focusing on Diploma and Bachelor in Quantity Surveying students with 97 respondents are willing to participated for this research. The result of the research is highlighting the stress management techniques that used by students to overcome the stress issues during the pandemics. The stress management techniques are including relaxation, meditation, deep breathing, emotional support, physical activity, and positive thinking. The outcome of this research will help to explore the stress encountered by students during the pandemics, the effects of online learning towards the students and how they overcome the stress issues due to online learning using stress management techniques.