Academic Stress and Self-Regulation among University Students in Malaysia: Mediator Role of Mindfulness
Academic stress is the most common emotional or mental state that students experience during their studies. Stress is a result of a wide range of issues, including test and exam burden, a demanding course, a different educational system, and thinking about future plans upon graduation. A sizeable bo...
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| author | Nur Hamizah Hj Ramli Masoumeh Alavi Seyed Abolghasem Mehrinezhad Atefeh Ahmadi |
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| description | Academic stress is the most common emotional or mental state that students experience during their studies. Stress is a result of a wide range of issues, including test and exam burden, a demanding course, a different educational system, and thinking about future plans upon graduation. A sizeable body of literature in stress management research has found that self-regulation and being mindful will help students to cope up with the stress and dodge long-term negative consequences, such as substance abuse. The present study aims to investigate the influence of academic stress, self-regulation, and mindfulness among undergraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia, and to identify mindfulness as the mediator between academic stress and self-regulation. For this study, a total of 384 undergraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia were recruited. Using Correlational analysis, results revealed that there was a significant relationship between academic stress, self-regulation, and mindfulness. However, using SPSS mediational analysis, mindfulness did not prove the mediator role in the study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c96c54bc8c5b4f90badfcef91b2120752022-12-22T00:30:39ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2018-01-01811210.3390/bs8010012bs8010012Academic Stress and Self-Regulation among University Students in Malaysia: Mediator Role of MindfulnessNur Hamizah Hj Ramli0Masoumeh Alavi1Seyed Abolghasem Mehrinezhad2Atefeh Ahmadi3Psychology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur 56000, MalaysiaPsychology Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran 1993893973, IranPsychology Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran 1993893973, IranFaculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, IranAcademic stress is the most common emotional or mental state that students experience during their studies. Stress is a result of a wide range of issues, including test and exam burden, a demanding course, a different educational system, and thinking about future plans upon graduation. A sizeable body of literature in stress management research has found that self-regulation and being mindful will help students to cope up with the stress and dodge long-term negative consequences, such as substance abuse. The present study aims to investigate the influence of academic stress, self-regulation, and mindfulness among undergraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia, and to identify mindfulness as the mediator between academic stress and self-regulation. For this study, a total of 384 undergraduate students in Klang Valley, Malaysia were recruited. Using Correlational analysis, results revealed that there was a significant relationship between academic stress, self-regulation, and mindfulness. However, using SPSS mediational analysis, mindfulness did not prove the mediator role in the study.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/8/1/12mindfulnessself-regulationacademic stressundergraduate students |
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| title | Academic Stress and Self-Regulation among University Students in Malaysia: Mediator Role of Mindfulness |
| title_full | Academic Stress and Self-Regulation among University Students in Malaysia: Mediator Role of Mindfulness |
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| title_short | Academic Stress and Self-Regulation among University Students in Malaysia: Mediator Role of Mindfulness |
| title_sort | academic stress and self regulation among university students in malaysia mediator role of mindfulness |
| topic | mindfulness self-regulation academic stress undergraduate students |
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