A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students

This study investigates ifthe changes of behavior and emotion in stress ofUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) students can affect their academic performance. Students tend to encounter stress during study. Using the changes of behavior and emotion in stress, researcher emphasized what factor affec...

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Main Author: Atiqah, binti Musa
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/3/Atiqah%20Binti%20Musa%2024pgs.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/6/Atiqah%20Binti%20Musa%20ft.pdf
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description This study investigates ifthe changes of behavior and emotion in stress ofUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) students can affect their academic performance. Students tend to encounter stress during study. Using the changes of behavior and emotion in stress, researcher emphasized what factor affect students' academic performance the most. The results assist students on how to improve academic performance using stress as a booster. Quantitative method approach was implemented by selecting undergraduate students as participants for this study. Questionnaires on Perceived Stress Scale, Problem Behavior and Emotional Regulation Test were randomly distributed and the data collected was analyzed. Based on Pearson Correlation Coefficient results, there are small negative correlations between behavioral changes in stress and student academic performances. Meanwhile, there are no relationship between emotional changes in stress and students' academic performances. Furthermore, the Multiple Regression result shows that behavioral changes in stress was the dominant factor that affected academic performance of UNIMAS students. This study highlighted the effect of behavioral changes in stress that affected academic performance of UNIMAS students. In a nutshell, students should improve their behavior in order to achieve better academic results.
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spelling unimas-121162023-02-14T07:31:52Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/ A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students Atiqah, binti Musa H Social Sciences (General) This study investigates ifthe changes of behavior and emotion in stress ofUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) students can affect their academic performance. Students tend to encounter stress during study. Using the changes of behavior and emotion in stress, researcher emphasized what factor affect students' academic performance the most. The results assist students on how to improve academic performance using stress as a booster. Quantitative method approach was implemented by selecting undergraduate students as participants for this study. Questionnaires on Perceived Stress Scale, Problem Behavior and Emotional Regulation Test were randomly distributed and the data collected was analyzed. Based on Pearson Correlation Coefficient results, there are small negative correlations between behavioral changes in stress and student academic performances. Meanwhile, there are no relationship between emotional changes in stress and students' academic performances. Furthermore, the Multiple Regression result shows that behavioral changes in stress was the dominant factor that affected academic performance of UNIMAS students. This study highlighted the effect of behavioral changes in stress that affected academic performance of UNIMAS students. In a nutshell, students should improve their behavior in order to achieve better academic results. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/3/Atiqah%20Binti%20Musa%2024pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/6/Atiqah%20Binti%20Musa%20ft.pdf Atiqah, binti Musa (2015) A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Atiqah, binti Musa
A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students
title A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students
title_full A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students
title_fullStr A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students
title_full_unstemmed A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students
title_short A study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak students
title_sort study of behavioral and emotional changes in stress that can affect academic performance of universiti malaysia sarawak students
topic H Social Sciences (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/3/Atiqah%20Binti%20Musa%2024pgs.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12116/6/Atiqah%20Binti%20Musa%20ft.pdf