WABAK PANDEMIK COVID 19 IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP KESIHATAN MENTAL DAN EMOSI DALAM KALANGAN PELAJAR UNISZA [IMPLICATIONS OF THE PANDEMIC COVID 19 ON MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AMONG UNISZA STUDENTS]

Abstract

Pandemik COVID-19 menjadi wabak penyakit di Malaysia dan dunia yang telah mencatat lebih 42 juta kes di seluruh dunia dan angka kematian melebihi 1 juta orang. Di Malaysia, wabak COVID-19 telah memberi kesan yang sangat besar kepada sistem politik, ekonomi, sosial, kesihatan, dan pendidikan negara. Malah impaknya juga turut melibatkan aspek kesihatan mental. Ekoran dari wabak yang berlaku, kerajaan Malaysia telah mengumumkan pelaksanaan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) kepada rakyat bermula 18 Mac 2020. Pelaksanaan PKP bertujuan untuk membuat penjarakan sosial agar dapat memutuskan rantaian wabak. Namun begitu, ianya berpotensi mengubah corak dan norma kehidupan manusia hingga boleh menjejaskan kesihatan mental dan emosi individu yang terlibat sama ada individu yang menjalani tempoh PKP dengan tinggal berseorangan ataupun berkeluarga susulan dari tekanan psikologi yang meliputi rasa takut (fear), cemas (panic), tertekan (stress), bimbang (anxious) dan murung (depress). Oleh itu, objektif kajian ini menumpukan kepada implikasi wabak COVID-19 dan PKP terhadap kesihatan mental dan emosi para pelajar UniSZA . Kaedah kajian ini ialah metode kuantitatif yang menggunakan reka bentuk analisis deskriptif dan inferensi. Bilangan sampel kajian ini ialah 500 orang pelajar UniSZA melibatkan 4 buah kampus UniSZA. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa tahap kesihatan mental dan emosi pelajar UniSZA berada di tahap sederhana. Pemboleh ubah jantina menunjukkan pelajar perempuan mengalami masalah kesihatan mental dan emosi berbanding pelajar lelaki. Tahap kesihatan mental dan emosi juga ada hubungan dengan fasiliti pembelajaran atas talian. Kesimpulannya, krisis pandemik COVID 19 dan PKP memberi kesan yang negatif terhadap kesihatan mental dan emosi para pelajar UniSZA dan manusia keseluruhannya.

The COVID-19 pandemic has become an epidemic in Malaysia and the world that has recorded more than 42 million cases worldwide and the death toll has exceeded 1 million people. In Malaysia, the COVID-19 outbreak has had a huge impact on the country's political, economic, social, health, and education systems. In fact, the impact also involves aspects of mental health. Following the outbreak, the Malaysian government has announced the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) to the people starting March 18, 2020. The implementation of the MCO aims to create social distancing to break the chain of epidemics. However, it has the potential to change the patterns and norms of human life to the extent that it can affect the mental and emotional health of the individuals involved, whether individuals who live alone or with their families because of psychological stress that includes fear, panic, stressed, anxious and depressed. Therefore, the objective of this study focuses on the implications of the COVID-19 outbreak and the MCO on the mental and emotional health of UniSZA students. This research method is a quantitative method that uses a descriptive and inferential analysis design. The number of samples for this study is 500 UniSZA students involving 4 UniSZA campuses. The findings of the study show that the level of mental and emotional health of UniSZA students is at a moderate level. The gender variable shows that female students experience mental and emotional health problems compared to male students. The level of mental and emotional health is also related to online learning facilities. In conclusion, the COVID 19 pandemic crisis and the MCO have a negative impact on the mental and emotional health of UniSZA students and people.