New Media and mental health literacy among young adults
Mental health issues are a significant public health concern throughout the world. Study indicates that mental illness is one of the leading factors of disability and health loss in Malaysia. Positive Mental Health Literacy among people is a crucial component for the positive mental health of...
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| Format: | Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis |
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2023
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6273/ http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6273/1/Ng_Yen_Lan_2100403_FYP.pdf |
| Summary: | Mental health issues are a significant public health concern throughout the world. Study
indicates that mental illness is one of the leading factors of disability and health loss in Malaysia.
Positive Mental Health Literacy among people is a crucial component for the positive mental
health of the population in Malaysia. The development of new media such as internet-based social
media and search engines and websites has contributed to improving mental health literacy among
young adults. This research aims to study how young adults perceive new media used to improve
mental health literacy through the scope of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) Theory in
Malaysia. TAM is applied to models and explains how young adults accept and use new media to
improve mental health literacy. The quantitative research method was adopted to collect data from
samples. A total of 190 Malaysians aged 18-26 participated in the research. The results indicate
that the majority of young adults positively perceive new media used to improve mental health
literacy. The hypotheses formulated according to the previous study and the Technology
Acceptance Model (TAM) Theory are all supported. There are a few limitations in this study and
recommendation areas for future research |
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