Social support as moderator for psychological adjustment, anxiety, stress, depression and its interrelationship with suicidal ideation among students post-outbreak of covid-19 in Malaysia

Perveen, Asma

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Type :	Article
Subject :	H Social Sciences (General)
ISBN :	1727-4915
Main Author :	Perveen, Asma
Additional Authors :	Hazalizah Hamzah Folashade, Aroyewun Temitope
Title :	Social support as moderator for psychological adjustment, anxiety, stress, depression and its interrelationship with suicidal ideation among students post-outbreak of covid-19 in Malaysia
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Place of Production :	Tanjung Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Pembangunan Manusia
Year of Publication :	2024
Notes :	Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Malaysia_s transition to endemic from pandemic because of COVID-19 in 2022 has affected university students as they embarked on another phase. The purpose of the current research is to study on how social support can have a moderated effect towards psychological adjustments, anxiety, stress and depression and if it has a consequential relationship on suicidality rate among university students after the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, by using online computer administration surveys. A total of 415 university students participated. The psychological instruments used for this current study are International Adjustment Disorder Questionnaire (IADQ), Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI). Through statistical analysis using SPSS, the results indicated that psychological adjustment, stress, anxiety, depression, and social support have a statistically significant relationship (p

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