Research Publications Authored by SLIIT Staff

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    Factors affecting the level of stress among undergraduates in Sri Lanka with special reference to covid-19
    (Business Research Unit (BRU), 2021-12-03) Madhusanka, A. K. P; Jayasuriya, N. U; Ravishanka, M. K. U; Pothupitiya, S. N; Weerarathna, R. S; Dunuwila, V. R
    To combat the rapid spread of COVID-19 infections universities and higher educational institutes in Sri Lanka had to suspend all on campus activities and had to tranfer into online learning. This resulted in a swift change in undergraduates’ life style and they had to face many new challenges in their academics which created severe mental pressure. Therefore, the objective of the research is ‘to assess the factors influencing the level of stress among undergraduates in Sri Lanka’. The study looks into this mental pressure in terms of the stress levels of undergraduates which is considered to be the dependent variable whereas their online learning experience and university workload are the independent variables. The study takes a quantitative research approach as its primary data is collected through an online questionnaire created from Google Forms and answered by 384 undergraduates. The questionnaire provided data on the online experience and university workload variables and it included the DASS-21 scale (Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale) which measured the stress level of the undergraduates. Descriptive statistics was conducted on the data through the Microsoft Excel. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the stress levels of undergraduates were; 3% normal, 20% mild, 36% moderate, 21% severe and 20% extremely severe. Therefore, it could be said that 41% of undergraduates faced high stress levels that were beyond what is regular and it negatively affected to the way how they could face challenges and carry out their day to day lives. It should be noted that undergraduates appeared to have much higher stress levels as a result of the pandemic.
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    Factors affecting the level of stress among undergraduates in Sri Lanka with special reference to covid-19
    (Business Research Unit (BRU), 2021) Madhusanka, A. K. P; Jayasuriya, N. U; Ravishanka, M. K. U; Pothupitiya, S. N; Weerarathna, R. S; Dunuwila, V. R
    To combat the rapid spread of COVID-19 infections universities and higher educational institutes in Sri Lanka had to suspend all on campus activities and had to tranfer into online learning. This resulted in a swift change in undergraduates’ life style and they had to face many new challenges in their academics which created severe mental pressure. Therefore, the objective of the research is ‘to assess the factors influencing the level of stress among undergraduates in Sri Lanka’. The study looks into this mental pressure in terms of the stress levels of undergraduates which is considered to be the dependent variable whereas their online learning experience and university workload are the independent variables. The study takes a quantitative research approach as its primary data is collected through an online questionnaire created from Google Forms and answered by 384 undergraduates. The questionnaire provided data on the online experience and university workload variables and it included the DASS-21 scale (Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale) which measured the stress level of the undergraduates. Descriptive statistics was conducted on the data through the Microsoft Excel. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the stress levels of undergraduates were; 3% normal, 20% mild, 36% moderate, 21% severe and 20% extremely severe. Therefore, it could be said that 41% of undergraduates faced high stress levels that were beyond what is regular and it negatively affected to the way how they could face challenges and carry out their day to day lives. It should be noted that undergraduates appeared to have much higher stress levels as a result of the pandemic.
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    Impact of Stressors on Academic Performance among Female Students’ in Saudi Arabia
    (DP Publications, 2017-04-04) Rajapakshe, W
    This study examines the impact of stressors on academic performance among female students’ in Saudi Arabia. The problem was interpreted through the female students who are currently studying in a private colleges. The main objectives of this study were; to develop a causal model to identify the relationship between causes of stressors and its impact on academic performance among Saudi female students; to identify the type of stressors on undergraduate students’ academic performance and to test the develop model empirically to determine whether there is a relationship between stresses among undergraduate students with their academic performance. This study is a survey research, mainly relying on the collection and analysis of primary data through a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics especially mean and standard deviation used to identify level of the stressors and multiple regression model has used to analyze effects of stressors on academic performance. This study has fulfilled all these objectives as specified. The developed model has statistically tested and modified. Two hypotheses among three were accepted and third hypothesis was rejected. However, some variables have been eliminated from the models as a result of the lack of significance with the dependent variable, the students’ performance
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    Smartphone-based approach to enhance mindfulness among undergraduates with stress
    (IEEE, 2019-12-18) Edirisooriya, Y. L; Rathnayake, N. A; Ariyasena, T. D; Thelijjagoda, S; Jayawickrama, N. D; Chamindi, D. I
    Over the last decade, creating awareness among people has become a common part of the curriculum around the world. To date, researchers have predominately used outcome-based trial designs to understand the efficacy of mindfulness for improving wellness in people. Less research has been directed towards understanding how undergraduates perceive mindfulness experiences. Findings suggest that mindfulness enhances human wellbeing and helps people to develop a greater awareness of their body, mind, and emotions. The main objective of the research was to develop an application, an undergraduate could use to release their stress in tough situations using mindfulness practices. The conducted research project includes VR technologies, Reinforcement learning, Wearable Arduino components together with mindfulness-based stress reduction methods to support the features of the designed application. It may, therefore, provide a key to understanding one of the mechanisms that underlie the observed benefits of mindfulness approaches for mental health and wellbeing. Drawing on a sample of 25 questionnaire-based responses from the users, the generated results indicate the developed algorithm has an accuracy of 96.153%. The conducted research Evidently shows the use of reinforcements learning is a better way of predicting user interests. Implications of these findings are discussed further throughout the study. Moreover, mindfulness stress reduction practices for university undergraduates offer systematic relaxation methods and concrete ways to get rid of recurrent worries, reducing stress and its physical effects.