11 Maritime Students’ Perception of Mental Wellness
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educational programmes. In addition, universities should also be proactive in building
facilities for religious practices on campus for the students.
Problem-solving and decision-making skills are among two criteria of mental
wellness [14]. 30 female students from multiple disciplines of both social and hard
sciences such as physical education, computer sciences, accounting and electric
engineering were involved in the study. The respondents were required to respond
to a Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CDRISC) questionnaire (2003) and 3-Ryff
Scales of Psychological well-being questionnaire. These two tools were used to
assess their resilience and strength against psychological burdens and threats. The
findings showed that there is a difference between control and experimental groups
in terms of resiliency, psychological well-being and mental disorder symptoms at
the level of 1%. It could be deduced that the differences between the scores of the
two groups showed that problem-solving and decision-making skills impacted the
respondents’ mental health and resiliency. What this particular study has informed
us is the importance of a conscious effort to expose our students to the necessary
skills to alleviate mental stress.
The literature review has provided the insight on multiple facets of mental wellbeing among our university students. However, there is a dearth of studies that investigate the perception of maritime university students about their own mental wellness.
Hence, the purpose of this paper is to fill this gap.
11.3 Methodology
This study employed a quantitative approach. The data in this research were collected
via a distribution of survey questionnaire to ninety students studying maritime-based
academic programmes at a maritime university in the northern region of the peninsular Malaysia. The survey consisted of twenty-four items on Likert-type scale
response with five anchors: 5-Almost always, 4-Often, 3-Half the time, 2-Rarely
and 1-Never. The survey was distributed to ninety random students who were in
their second last semester of an academic programme called Bachelor of Maritime
Management (hon). The questionnaire was adapted from Massé et al. [15], which
was aimed at seeking the respondents’ perception about their mental well-being.
The respondents’ confidentiality was guaranteed as their identities were not required
other than the crucial details like programme, semester, etc.
11.4 Results and Discussion
This section presents the results of the data analysis which involved frequency tabulation, mean and standard deviation analyses. The discussion will only be made on
the items deemed most significant on the students’ mental well-being.
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educational programmes. In addition, universities should also be proactive in building
facilities for religious practices on campus for the students.
Problem-solving and decision-making skills are among two criteria of mental
wellness [14]. 30 female students from multiple disciplines of both social and hard
sciences such as physical education, computer sciences, accounting and electric
engineering were involved in the study. The respondents were required to respond
to a Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CDRISC) questionnaire (2003) and 3-Ryff
Scales of Psychological well-being questionnaire. These two tools were used to
assess their resilience and strength against psychological burdens and threats. The
findings showed that there is a difference between control and experimental groups
in terms of resiliency, psychological well-being and mental disorder symptoms at
the level of 1%. It could be deduced that the differences between the scores of the
two groups showed that problem-solving and decision-making skills impacted the
respondents’ mental health and resiliency. What this particular study has informed
us is the importance of a conscious effort to expose our students to the necessary
skills to alleviate mental stress.
The literature review has provided the insight on multiple facets of mental wellbeing among our university students. However, there is a dearth of studies that investigate the perception of maritime university students about their own mental wellness.
Hence, the purpose of this paper is to fill this gap.
11.3 Methodology
This study employed a quantitative approach. The data in this research were collected
via a distribution of survey questionnaire to ninety students studying maritime-based
academic programmes at a maritime university in the northern region of the peninsular Malaysia. The survey consisted of twenty-four items on Likert-type scale
response with five anchors: 5-Almost always, 4-Often, 3-Half the time, 2-Rarely
and 1-Never. The survey was distributed to ninety random students who were in
their second last semester of an academic programme called Bachelor of Maritime
Management (hon). The questionnaire was adapted from Massé et al. [15], which
was aimed at seeking the respondents’ perception about their mental well-being.
The respondents’ confidentiality was guaranteed as their identities were not required
other than the crucial details like programme, semester, etc.
11.4 Results and Discussion
This section presents the results of the data analysis which involved frequency tabulation, mean and standard deviation analyses. The discussion will only be made on
the items deemed most significant on the students’ mental well-being.