ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL RESILIENCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: AN EMPIRICAL CASE STUDY AT UITM PUNCAK ALAM, MALAYSIA

Abstract

Resilience is majorly determinant in well-being, especially in dealing with academic and personal pressures among students. This paper was an attempt to evaluate the influence of outdoor recreative activities on the acquisition of mental resilience of university students in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Puncak Alam, Malaysia. The quantitative cross-sectional design was embraced, and 377 students took part in the study. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) was used as well as the Outdoor Recreation Self-Efficacy (ORSE) Scale which were all seen to be validated. Descriptive analysis revealed that the dominant activities that the students were involved with were hiking (52.5), kayaking (37.4) and abseiling (28.9). Pearson quantitative correlation was used to show that there is a moderate, positive association between the participation in outdoor recreation and mental resilience, with the variable r = .46, and p < .001. The Multiple regression analysis revealed that participation in outdoor recreation was a significant predictor of mental resilience, 5 =.42, p