@Article{IJMHP.2021.015903,
AUTHOR = {Shagufta Zada, Yuefen Wang, Muhammad Zada, Fatima Gul},
TITLE = {Effect of Mental Health Problems on Academic Performance among University Students in Pakistan},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Mental Health Promotion},
VOLUME = {23},
YEAR = {2021},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {395--408},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/v23n3/43941},
ISSN = {2049-8543},
ABSTRACT = {Scientific interest in student’s mental health experiences has been increasing in the last years due to their influence
on students’ learning processes, academic performance, and recently, the suicidal news of a student at a private
university due to her mental health condition in Lahore Punjab, Pakistan, captured public attention. That incident
also shifted researchers and scholars’ attention on the much underexplored and tabooed sphere of the broader
public health domain. Hence, the current study aimed to explore the relationship between mental health problems
and Pakistani university students’ academic performance. Participants were 540 senior semester students within
the age range of 20–35 years taken from public and private institutes of Pakistan’s major cities, including Lahore,
Islamabad, and Peshawar. Descriptive and inferential statistics was employed for data analysis. Pearson Product
Moment Correlation, Hierarchical Regression analysis, and Independent sample t-test were used for data analysis
in inferential statistics. The results of the study reveal that there is a strong positive association between mental
health and improvement in academic performance. Mental health problems negatively affect the academic performance of university students. The findings of the current study were beneficial for shedding light on the ignorant area within the broader public health domain; the results are also helpful in raising awareness for not only
students but also the parents and university administration to plan and design effective intervention strategies
to provide proper mental health that resultantly promote academic excellence.},
DOI = {10.32604/IJMHP.2021.015903}
}