Mass hysteria among secondary school students in Kelantan: A phenomenological approach

Saberi, Norili Farhana Ahmad (2021) Mass hysteria among secondary school students in Kelantan: A phenomenological approach. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

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Abstract

Despite rising incidences of hysteria especially among school students in Malaysia this phenomenon still puzzled and bring challenges to many parties. Due to scarcity of information and limited research in this occurrence this study will shed some light in exploring and interpreting this phenomenon and cultural factors that conceptualizes the hysteria expressions that are distinctive in our study setting. Qualitative interpretative phenomenological approach with face to face interviews were conducted among 20 Malay adolescence using the semi-structured in-depth interview guide. The participants were selected using purposive sampling. The mean age of participants were 14.3 years and all of them are Malay Muslim. 50% of participants were either youngest or eldest siblings and majority of the participants came from low socioeconomic household. The experience and interpretation of hysteria emerged as ‘Culture Stereotyping’, ‘Idiom of Distress’ and ‘Social Reinforcement Factors’. As the hysteria phenomenon is an intermeshed of deep-rooted cultural influence with the mental health issues, the management would need cultural competence and sensitivity apart from further psychological and emotional evaluation by the health professional

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Culture, hysteria
Subjects: R Medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA440-440.87 Study and teaching. Research
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC475-489 Therapeutics. Psychotherapy
Divisions: Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan (School of Medical Sciences) > Thesis
Depositing User: MUHAMMAD AKIF AIMAN AB SHUKOR
Date Deposited: 08 Apr 2026 07:17
Last Modified: 03 Jun 2026 07:35
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/63859

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