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Rathakrishnan, B., Yahaya, A., Bikar Singh, S. S., Malek, M. D. A., Bullare @Bahari, M. I. B., Maakip, I., … Mohamed, N. H. (2023). The interaction between academic stress and self-control in predicting psychological well-being. Environment and Social Psychology, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v8i3.1540

The interaction between academic stress and self-control in predicting psychological well-being

Balan Rathakrishnan

Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4136-4495

Azizi Yahaya

Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah

Soon Singh Bikar Singh

Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah

Mohd Dahlan A. Malek

Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah

Muhammad Idris Bin Bullare @Bahari

Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah

Ismail Maakip

Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah

Peter Voo Su Kiong

Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah

Noor Hassline Mohamed

Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah


DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v8i3.1540


Keywords: academic stress, self-control, psychological well-being, COVID-19

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the influence of academic stress and self-control on the psychological well-being of university students in the Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia campus. Besides that, gender ethnicity and location (on-campus and off-campus) have been compared according to academic stress, self-control and psychological well-being. This study uses a quantitative method in which 320 university students were involved. The research questionnaire consists of the Perception of Academic Stress Scale (PAS), the Sense of Control Scale and the Psychological Wellbeing (PWB) Scale were used as instruments of this study. This study found that academic stress and self-control are direct predictors of the psychological well-being of university students during the COVID-19, with beta value, the study findings showed (Beta = –0.18, R² = 0.056, p < 0.05) and self-control (Beta = 0.17, R² = 0.052, p < 0.05). Based on this indicates, academic stress contributed (5.6%) and self-control (5.2%) to the psychological well-being of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is due to the academic stress from the aspect of workload that is given during the online teaching and learning sessions. Therefore, university student needs to give importance to self-control and other recreational activity for them to be psychologically happy during the COVID-19 pandemic. With high self-control, students can manage their academic stress and increase their psychological well-being.

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