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The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes stress as "the reaction people may have when presented with demands and pressures that are not matched to their knowledge and abilities and which challenge their ability to cope." However, if stress is extreme and goes on for some time, it can turn to mental and physical ill-health. Oftentimes, obstacles and problems in life may easily cause stress among part-time students at UiTM Shah Alam. The psychological well-being of part-time students is very important as it brings an influence the performance of their work and study life.
Thus, it is essential to study the influence of stress factors on psychological well-being among Part-Time Students at UiTM Shah Alam. The framework for the study is adopted from Kawano Yuri (2008) use as an independent variable to measure the main factor of stress, which is work stress, family stress, academic stress, financial stress, and self -efficacy while the dependent variable is the student psychological well-being towards the stress factors. A total of 216 respondents were selected using a stratified sampling technique which focused on a group of Part-Time Students who currently studied at UiTM Shah Alam. A complete set of questionnaires using a concept adapted and adopted from Rift (2004) was sent to respondents via WhatsApp and other social media platforms due to pandemic covid-19 constraints. All the data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 26. Based on the findings discovered that all the five dimensions of stress factors, namely work stress, family stress, academic stress, financial stress, and self-efficacy were found to have positive relationships with psychological well-being (r=.179, p, p<0.01; r=.443, p<0.01; r=.875, p<0.01; r=.172, p<0.01, r=.345, p<0.01 respectively). These positive relationships indicated that the greater the work stress, family stress, academic stress, financial stress, and self-efficacy, the greater it will impact psychological well-being among part-time students. Furthermore, the finding of the study also revealed work stress become the most influential dimension of stress factor among part-time students in UiTM Shah Alam (?=0.995, p<0.00). However, the other three dimensions of family stress, financial stress, and self-efficacy do not have an influence on psychological well-being among part-time students whereas academic stress was found to have a negative influence on the psychological well-being among part-time students (?=- 0.214, p>0.02). Therefore, it was discovered that only two out of five dimensions of stress factors acted as predictors towards psychological well-being among part-time students in UiTM Shah Alam. The study concluded that a better understanding of the issues of stress by the universities would provide some insights on how they can assist the part-time students in dealing with the stress, thus enabling the students to increase their performance in work and study.
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