scholarly journals Coping Strategies for Four Factors of Stress Among UiTM Jasin Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
Nur Syuhada Muhammat Pazil ◽  
Norwaziah Mahmud ◽  
Siti Hafawati Jamaluddin

University students often face different kinds of stress such as problems with studies, family, friends and financial. This predisposes them to anxiety, sadness, anger and depression. To overcome their stress, students use different types of coping strategies. This study aims to investigate the stress level and the coping strategies by the university students and also to identify the relationship between the effects of stress based on their gender. The data in this study are primary data that were collected through direct questionnaire. Descriptive analysis and chi-square test were used to analyse the data. The result of this study indicates that a majority of the students have moderate level of stress. Many of the students become sad when they are in stress. In order to reduce the stress, most of the students sleep, followed by listening to music. The chi-square test shows no relationship between the effects of stress among female and male students.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
Nur Herawati ◽  
Emma Rachmawati ◽  
Mouhamad Bigwanto

ABSTRACT Nurses in meeting spiritual service needs in patients are influenced by one of the factors namely spiritual intelligence. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between characteristics and nurse's spiritual intelligence by fulfilling the inpatient spiritual service needs in Banten Hospital in 2019. The study was conducted in Banten General Hospital in July-August 2019. This research was quantitative with a cross-sectional design by using a questionnaire as a primary data and using Chi-square test as the data analysis. The sample used all nurses in population with total sampling to 71 nurses. The results showed that respondents who fulfilled the needs of spiritual services were not as good as 37 respondents (52.1%). Bivariate results showed variables related to meeting spiritual service needs, namely the level of education (p value = 0.039), length of work (p value =0.042), and nurse spiritual intelligence (p value =0.022). Based on the results of this study it is suggested that there is a need for assistance or special mentors conducted by senior nurses to junior nurses (length of work ≤ 4 years). Because the results of this research prove that nurses who have a new length of work who have the opportunity to meet the needs of spiritual services are not good for patients. Keywords : Nurses, Spiritual Intelligence, Spiritual Service Needs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Laila Apriani Hasanah Harahap ◽  
Evawany Aritonang ◽  
Zulhaida Lubis

Online food ordering is a food delivery service through applications that are obtained quickly and safely. This is related to obesity. This type of research uses a descriptive type of study, with a cross sectional study design. This research was conducted at Medan, Medan University with 83 samples taken using purposive sampling method. The data used are primary data obtained based on measurements of student weight and height, recall and food frequency are analyzed by chi- square test. The results of the study showed that there was a correlation between the frequency of online food ordering with obesity (p <0.001) and there was no correlation between the types of food and obesity (p = 0.099) in the students of Medan Area University. To deal with the problem of obesity, it is easy to get access to online food ordering.


2021 ◽  
Vol 911 (1) ◽  
pp. 012070
Author(s):  
E T Yuniarsih ◽  
I Andriyani ◽  
Rahmatiah ◽  
W Halil ◽  
Rahmi ◽  
...  

Abstract Extension activities cannot be separated from the participation of farmers as objects. The success of the extension can be seen from the extent to which farmers apply what they get to the farm they manage and the extent to which the production results obtained from their farming. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between farmer participation in extension activities and maize production levels in South Sulawesi. This research was conducted in South Sulawesi Province, Jeneponto Regency and Gowa Regency. The data collected is primary data obtained from 40 corn farmers taken from 2 farmer groups. The data used are respondent characteristics, technology characteristics, farmer participation variables. Data analysis using descriptive analysis and Chi Square data analysis using SPSS program. Based on the results of the study, it was found that 58.1 percent of farmer characteristics had an effect on the level of corn production and there was a significant relationship between farmer participation in extension and corn production.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Riris Andriati ◽  
Fenita Purnama Sari Indah ◽  
Aisyah Aisyah

Compliance with hemodialysis therapy is one of the important things to note, if the patient is not compliant, it can cause a buildup of harmful substances in the body and if left unchecked, it can lead to death. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between adherence to undergo hemodialysis therapy with the quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure in the Hemodialysis Unit of the Jakarta Hajj Hospital. This research method is a quantitative study using primary data (questionnaires) and using cross-sectional research. Data collected by using questionnaires. The number of samples were 54 people who were in the hajodialysis unit at the Jakarta Hajj Hospital for the past three months. The results of the study of 54 respondents who have moderate compliance there are 11 people (20.4%), and good compliance a number of 43 people (79.%), in general patients obedient. While from the aspect of quality of life, there were 6 respondents (11.1%) who experienced less quality of life, 35 people had a moderate quality of life (75.%) and 13 people (24.1%) had a good quality of life, in general the quality of life of patients was moderate. After analyzing the relationship between adherence to undergo hemodialysis with quality of life using the Chi Square test p value = 0.468˃0.05, meaning that Ho is accepted, so it can be concluded that there is no relationship between adherence to hemodialysis with the quality of life of patients at Jakarta Hajj Hospital .ABSTRAKKepatuhan menjalani terapi hemodialisa merupakan salah satu hal yang penting untuk diperhatikan, jika pasien tidak patuh dapat menyebabkan terjadinya penumpukan zat-zat berbahaya dalam tubuh dan apabila hal tersebut dibiarkan maka dapat mengakibatkan kematian. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kepatuhan menjalani terapi hemodialisa dengan kualitas hidup pasien gagal ginjal kronik di Unit Hemodialisa RS Haji Jakarta. Metode penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan data primer (kuisioner) dan memakai metode penelitian cross-sectional. Data yang dikumpulkan dengan cara menggunakan kuisioner. Jumlah sampel  sebanyak 54 orang yang berada di unit hemodialisa Rumah Sakit haji Jakarta selama tiga bulan terakhir. Hasil penelitian dari 54 responden yang memiliki kepatuhan sedang terdapat 11 orang (20.4 %), dan kepatuhan baik sejumlah 43 orang (79.6 %), secara umum pasien patuh. Sementara dari aspek kualitas hidup diperoleh  responden  yang  mengalami  kualitas  hidup  kurang sejumlah 6 orang (11.1%), kualitas hidup sedang sejumlah 35 orang (75.%)  dan  kualitas  hidup  baik  13 orang  (24.1%), secara umum kualitas hidup pasien sedang. Setelah dilakukan analisa hubungan antara kepatuhan menjalani hemodialisa dengan kualitas hidup dengan menggunakan uji Chi Square diperoleh p value = 0.468˃0.05,  artinya Ho diterima, sehingga dapat disimpulkan tidak ada hubungan antara kepatuhan menjalani hemodialisa dengan kualitas hidup pasien di Rumah Sakit Haji Jakarta.


2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 1401-1409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tülay Özkan ◽  
Mürüvvet Başer ◽  
Iskender Gün

This descriptive study was conducted in order to determine the behaviors and knowledge of Erciyes University students in terms of sexuality. A total of 1,500 final year students from Erciyes University comprised the study group. The data were collected via a questionnaire designed by the researchers. The Chi-square test and student t test were used for statistical analysis. The findings of the study showed 10.9% of the female students and 51.7% of the male students had had a sexual intercourse experience. The average age of the first sexual intercourse experience of the students was 18.2 ± 2.1 years. It was observed that 44.7% of the female students and 36% of the male students were definitely opposed to sexual intercourse before marriage.


2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Sumaira Imran Farooqui ◽  
Mubarak Muhammad Ali ◽  
Seemab Mughal ◽  
Ameer Ali

BACKGROUND Sedentary lifestyle has widely increased in people of all ages; in present era due to vast development in science and technology, mostly students prefer indoor activities which negatively influences their health. Sedentary lifestyle is not only a risk factor for non communicable diseases but it also causes several mental and psychological disorders which negatively affect the academic performance of students. PURPOSE To determine the relationship between light physical activity and academic performance in university students STUDY DESIGN AND SAMPLE SIZE Observational study and it consists of 178 participants. METHOD Closed ended Questionnaires were distributed among all participants, then the data was entered in SPSS 16 software and results were analyzed RESULTS Pearson Chi- Square test was applied to determine the co-relation between physical activity and academic performance. Correlation between light physical activity and academic performance showed non-significant results (p =0.39). CONCLUSION Correlation found between both variables was non-significant. However, physical activity has various helpful effects on mood and other fatal diseases. Keywords Physical Activity, Academic Performance, CGPA, University going Students, Sedentary Lifestyle, Exercise, Age


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-68
Author(s):  
Syed Huzaifa Ahmed

The purpose of this explanatory research is to investigate the relationship of service quality with customer satisfaction. To examine the relationship, the study was conducted on students of the executive MBA program at a business school in Karachi, Pakistan. The research technique adopted for this study was probabilistic in nature. Both variables under consideration are observed through multiple dimensions. A chi-square test was performed to test the relationship between the qualitative variables. Findings indicate that service quality and all its dimensions have a significant and positive association with customer satisfaction at the university level. The education sector is a significant industry in Pakistan’s economy and has seen unparalleled growth and progression over the last decade. Therefore, this study has been explicitly conducted to look into the service quality phenomenon and seek credible scientific justification in this regard by studying service quality as one of the main influential factors towards customer satisfaction.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 216-255
Author(s):  
Adekunle R. Onaolapo ◽  
Elijah Adeyinka Adedeji

The study of firms’ competitiveness has drawn so much attention among business practitioners and academic researchers in the last two decades as globalization came fully into limelight. However, in Nigeria, there are few empirical studies conducted to investigate the relationship between firms’ competitiveness and firm performance. Thus, the main objective of this study was to provide further evidence on the effects of Firms’ Competitiveness (FC) on the performance of manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Ten large-scale quoted manufacturing firms were selected. The study relied on primary data which were obtained using structured questionnaire administered to 300 purposively selected respondents of the selected firms. The data collected was analysed using Chi-Square Analysis and correlation analysis as well as descriptive analysis in pursuance of the stated specific objectives of the study. The result showed that firms’ competitiveness had significant effects on the profitability and operational performance of the selected manufacturing firms. Also, firms’ competitiveness had positive relationship with the level of competition of the firms. This study concluded that the practice of firms’ competitiveness is sine qua non in boosting firm performance in the manufacturing firms in Nigeria.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-52
Author(s):  
Nisar Yousaf Zada ◽  
Dr. Alamzeb

Education aims at the balanced personality growth of individuals and offers both curricular and co-curricular activities to realize this goal. Talking about the importance of co-curricular activities in mind, the study investigated the function of co-curricular activities in leadership skills' growth among university students. The research aimed to figure out co-curricular activities among university students, examine the connection between co-curricular activities and students' leadership skills' growth, and establish techniques for co-curricular activities at the university levels. The sample of the research was all 4523 undergraduate students from 06 faculties of the University of Swat. The researchers randomly selected 60 participants for the analysis, created a questionnaire, and validated it by piloting data collection. The data were obtained with self-administered questionnaires and evaluated with frequencies, percentages, and Chi-square test of significance. The study established the strategies of giving equal importance to co-curricular activities, motivation of students for involvement in co-curricular activities, proper scheduling for co-curricular activities, allocation of sufficient financial resources, provision of playgrounds, gymnasiums for arranging indoor, outdoor games and literary activities, and reinforcement of students' contribution in co-curricular activities with a distribution of prizes.  


2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 09019
Author(s):  
Lucie Zárubová ◽  
Lenka Švecová

Research background: The article deals with the volunteering. The relationship between school and volunteer orientation is compared among respondents preparing for the future labour market, i.e. high school and university students of various specializations who study in the Czech Republic. Students can be motivated by gaining experience in team cooperation in solving a common goal like one type of the motivator. Are volunteers and potential volunteers willing to devote their time to projects in the same way, whether they have experience with volunteering or not? Purpose of the article: The purpose is to find the connection between the age of the respondents, their experiences with volunteering and the time they are willing to devote to the volunteering. Methods: The method is quantitative study of answers of students from high school and university students. The quantitative study uses Chi square test. The result of quantitative elaboration of the questionnaire survey is the answer to whether there is a connection between the age of the respondents, their experience with volunteering and the time which they are willing to devote to the volunteering. Findings & Value added: The result finds the differences and connections between age of volunteers, their experiences with volunteering and with willingness to be the volunteer for longer or shorter time. The result of the survey brings benefits to managers to recruit volunteers and it cannot be denied that the willingness of volunteers to devote their time to volunteering will change as they gain the experience.


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