Kamil, Nurul Farah Shahira Ahmad
(2021)
Knowledge and attitude on social anxiety disorder among undergraduate students at the school of health sciences, USM.
Other.
Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
Knowledge on social anxiety disorder influence the attitude that shows the
acceptance of people with social anxiety disorder. Less exposure to disorders including
social anxiety disorder predicted endorsement of negative attitude. A cross-sectional
study was conducted on 389 respondents recruited using a convenience sampling method.
A validated questionnaire was given to all respondents that fit the inclusion criteria. The
general objective of the study was to study the knowledge and attitude on social anxiety
disorder among undergraduate students at the School of Health Sciences, USM. The level
of knowledge and attitude on social anxiety disorder was analysed using a descriptive
test. The association between knowledge with attitude on social anxiety disorder, and the
association between socio-demographic data (age, gender, and race) with knowledge on
social anxiety disorder was analysed using Chi-Square test. The findings of this study
show that majority of undergraduate students at the School of Health Sciences, USM has
moderate knowledge (n=276,71.0%) and positive attitude (n=363,93.3%) regarding
social anxiety disorder. In this study, there is no significant association between
knowledge with attitude on social anxiety disorder among undergraduate students at
School of Health Sciences, USM (p-value=0.959). There is also no association between
socio-demographic data (age, gender, and race) with knowledge on social anxiety
disorder among undergraduate students at the School of Health Sciences, USM (pvalue=
0.078). Increasing the knowledge and attitude among students might help in better
understanding of social anxiety disorder.
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