Factors Associated with Suicidal Risk among UCSI University Students

Abstract

Mental health is something that humans should be concerned about as well as for UCSI students. Mental health issues can lead a student to have a higher risk of depression, anxiety, and stress which somehow will affect the UCSI students’ academic performance, their relationships with family and friends, and their future. Worst case is, it creates suicidal thoughts to appear among UCSI students and influence them to commit suicide.Therefore, this research is conducted to determine the significance of depression, stress, and anxiety in affecting UCSI students to commit suicide. This research is intended for all faculties in UCSI University. There will be questionnaires distributed via online and offline in order to collect the data. The data will be measured by using both DASS 21 (Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale) and 5-point Likert scale for both online and offline distributed questionnaires. Later on, the collected data will be analyzed by using IBM SPSS Version 20.