Depression among university students / Muhammad Adli Mohd Ranizal…[et.al]

• Main Authors: Mohd Ranizal, Muhammad Adli, Wan Zabidi, Wan Qatrunnisa, Mohd Shariff, Saidatul Aziera, Stanis, Jackleyn, Shamsul Amir, Shahira Amiera
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Communication & Media Studies 2019
• Subjects: Educational psychology; Higher Education; Institutions of higher education
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29297/1/29297.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29297/; http://www.ejoms.com

This study is done in order to find the factor of depression among the college student in Malaysia. Depression among the college student are increasing as it come from many factor. This study used behavioural theory as the foundations theories for the model development. The study involved 406 respondents, selected through google form responses involving all the university students around Malaysia. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. All variables were measured through scales previously used by other researchers. In behavioural theory, state that depression people precisely those who do not know how to cope with the fact that they are no longer receiving positive reinforcement like they before. Results shows the data analysis described that respondents having a financial problem where did not what how to differentiate between wants and need with the overall mean (M=2.51) and students always spend their money on uncertain things.