UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

To whom it may concern

Dear respondent,

PARTICIPATION IN SURVEY: THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOWARDS MENTAL

HEALTH AMONG HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
OF FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AT UITM PUNCAK ALAM.

We are students from Bachelor in Health Administration (Hons) (BA235) at UiTM

Puncak Alam. We are conducting a study on effect of social media towards mental
health among human resource management undergraduate student at UiTM Puncak
Alam. The purpose of this study to investigate effect of anxiety, depression and stress
of social media towards mental health among undergraduate students at UiTM
Puncak Alam.

We would really appreciate if you could spend a few minute of your time to fill out this
questionnaire. We hope that the information that you provide will give us deeper
insight regarding the topic of interest. We assure that your response will be keep
strictly confidential.

If you have any inquiry pertaining to this study, please do not hesitant to contact us
Dania Balqis Binti Mohamed Jamil at 011-28510652 or Nur Aina Insyirah Binti Rajudin
at 017-2245733. You can also email us at dianabalqis101@ymail.com. For further
inquiry, please contact our supervisor Dr Siti Noraini Mohd Tobi at 012-3040868. We
express our deeper appreciation and thank you for your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,

Dania Balqis Binti Mohamed Jamil (2017535155)

Nur Aina Insyirah Binti Rajudin (2017387685)

Nur Syafiqah Binti Zainol (2017369435)

Siti Syairah Binti Sohaini (2018261902)

 QUESTIONNAIRE

This questionnaire is constructed to identify the relationship between social media

use (stress, depression, and anxiety) that affect Mental Health among Students in
Department of International Business and Management Studies at UiTM Puncak Alam. Any
information collected will be used for education and research purpose only.

PART A : SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC

Instruction

Please provide a response for each of the following questions :

1. Gender :

Male

Female

2. Age :

18 - 20 years old

21 - 23 years old

24 - 27 years old

28 - 30 years old

31 years old and above

3. Race :

Malay

Chinese

Indian

Others : _________________

4. Educational Level

Diploma

Degree
PART B

Instruction

Please rate the items in this section using the following scales :

1 2 3 4
Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

STRESS

No Statement 1 2 3 4
.
a. I have been upset because of
something that happen unexpectedly
b. I felt that I were unable to control the
important things in my life
c. I feel nervous and stressed
d. I have been angered because of things
that were outside of control
e. I felt difficulties were piling up so high
that I could not overcome them
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

Sources:

Hampton, K., Rainie, L., Lu, W., Shin, I., & Purcell, K. (2015). Psychological Stress and
Social Media Use. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2015/01/15/psychological-stress-and-social-
media-use-2/

DEPRESSION
No Statement 1 2 3 4
.
a. I feel miserable or unhappy
b. I cried a lot
c. I felt lonely like I didn’t have any
friends
d. I felt myself unworthy
e. I felt all the joy had disappeared from
my life
f. I felt my sadness was not relieved
even with the help of family and friends
g. I was bothered by things that usually
don’t bother me
h. I am more annoyed and irritated than
usual
i. I have greater difficultly making
decisions that I used to
j. I don’t sleep as well as I used to

Sources:

Dhira, A., Yossatornc, Y., Kaurb, P., & Chene, S. (2018). Online social media fatigue and
psychological wellbeing—A study of compulsive use, fear of missing out, fatigue,
anxiety and depression. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268401217310629

Foroughia, B., Iranmanesha, M., Nikbinb, D., & Sean Hyun, S. (2019). Are depression and
social anxiety the missing link between Facebook addiction and life satisfaction? The
interactive effect of needs and self-regulation. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334444523_Are_depression_and_social_anxi
ety_the_missing_link_between_Facebook_addiction_and_life_satisfaction_The_interact
ive_effect_of_needs_and_self-regulation

Hawes, T., J. Zimmer-Gembeck, M., & M. Campbell, S. (2020). Unique associations of social
media use and online appearance preoccupation with depression, anxiety, and
appearance rejection sensitivity. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339511892_Unique_associations_of_social_m
edia_use_and_online_appearance_preoccupation_with_depression_anxiety_and_appe
arance_rejection_sensitivity
Li Zou, M., Xiaoyang Li, M., & Cho, V. (2020). Depression and disclosure behavior via social
media: A study of university students in China. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020302139

M. Coyne, S., A. Roger, A., D. Zurcher, J., Stockdale, L., & Booth, M. (2020). Does time
spent using social media impact mental health?: An eight year longitudinal study.
Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563219303723

ANXIETY

No Statement 1 2 3 4
.
a. I worry about doing something new in
 front of others
b. I worry about what others say about
me
c. I worry that others don’t like me
d. I felt that others make fun of me
e. I get nervous when I meet new people
f. I feel anxious when talking with people
I have just met
g. When I have problem, my heart beats
really fast
h. How often I recognized sudden fear
without any specific reason
i.
j.

Sources:

Alkis, Y., Kadirhan, Z., & Sat, M. (2017). Development and Validation of Social Anxiety Scale
for Social Media Users. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314200705_Development_and_Validation_of_
Social_Anxiety_Scale_for_Social_Media_Users

Dhira, A., Yossatornc, Y., Kaurb, P., & Chene, S. (2018). Online social media fatigue and
psychological wellbeing—A study of compulsive use, fear of missing out, fatigue,
anxiety and depression. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268401217310629

Foroughia, B., Iranmanesha, M., Nikbinb, D., & Sean Hyun, S. (2019). Are depression and
social anxiety the missing link between Facebook addiction and life satisfaction? The
interactive effect of needs and self-regulation. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334444523_Are_depression_and_social_anxi
ety_the_missing_link_between_Facebook_addiction_and_life_satisfaction_The_interact
ive_effect_of_needs_and_self-regulation

Hawes, T., J. Zimmer-Gembeck, M., & M. Campbell, S. (2020). Unique associations of social
media use and online appearance preoccupation with depression, anxiety, and
appearance rejection sensitivity. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339511892_Unique_associations_of_social_m
edia_use_and_online_appearance_preoccupation_with_depression_anxiety_and_appe
arance_rejection_sensitivity
M. Coyne, S., A. Roger, A., D. Zurcher, J., Stockdale, L., & Booth, M. (2020). Does time
spent using social media impact mental health?: An eight year longitudinal study.
Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563219303723

Olafarson, B. A., (2018). Social Media Use and its Connection to Anxiety and Gender.
Retrieved from https://skemman.is/bitstream/1946/30650/1/40329_skemman.pdf.

PART C : SOCIAL MEDIA USE

Instruction

Please rate the items in this section using the following scales :

1 2 3 4
Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
No Statement 1 2 3 4
.
a. How much time you spent on social
media perweekend day and perweek
day
b. Do you think using social media is part
of your daily activity
c. Are you felt urge to use social media
more and more
d. Do you used social media in order to
forget about your problem
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

Sources:

Hawes, T., J. Zimmer-Gembeck, M., & M. Campbell, S. (2020). Unique associations of social
media use and online appearance preoccupation with depression, anxiety, and
appearance rejection sensitivity. Retrieved 7 June 2020, from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339511892_Unique_associations_of_social_m
edia_use_and_online_appearance_preoccupation_with_depression_anxiety_and_appe
arance_rejection_sensitivity