STUDY ON FEAR OF COVID-19 AMONG DIFFERENT GENDER IN MALAYSIA AND ITS IMPACT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS

• Main Author: Voon, Mei Fong
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2022
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43017/1/VOON%20MEI%20FONG%2024%20pgs.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43017/2/VOON%20MEI%20FONG%20ft.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43017/

The main objective of this research is to investigate the significant gender difference on the level of COVID- 19 fear and the significance relationship between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress. A total of 270 samples population consisting of 135 males and 135 females were included in the research study. All the participants are Malaysians who stayed in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic and over the age of 18. The research design was quantitative research where data were obtained from the google form. This study used the fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S) to measure participants’ fear toward COVID- 19 and the Kessler psychological distress scale (K10) was used to measure psychological distress of an individual. Independent- samples T- test and Pearson correlation were used to test the research hypothesis. According to the findings, it shows there is no significant gender difference on the level of COVID-19 fear whereas according to the Pearson correlation result, it shows there is a significance relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress. The research finding can help to increase Malaysian's awareness regarding the COVID-19 fear and thus, it also can help to enhance their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.