Adolescents’ Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia

Muhammad Syawal Amran; Abu Yazid Abu Bakar; Ifdil Ifdil

doi:10.46637/ach.v1i2.16

Adolescents’ Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia

Muhammad Syawal Amran

Malaysia
Abu Yazid Abu Bakar

Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Malaysia
Ifdil Ifdil

Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

10.46637/ach.v1i2.16
Published: 20 August 2021
Page: 99-100

Abstract

Many nations have taken crucial step to enforce the Movement Control Order (MCO) as a strategy to flatten the spreading curve of active Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). In Malaysia, the MCO enforcement has led to the temporary shutdown of major public sectors in order to restrain social activities and encourage the people to stay at home. Unintentionally, the execution of MCO raised psychosocial concerns among community members due to the fact that daily routine activities had been restricted (by the enforcement of strict standard operating procedures) for uncertain period of time. If these concerns were not properly addressed, the MCO could disrupt emotional and mental well-being for a long period of time (Ismail, Hussin & Bakar, 2021; Bakar & Ramli, 2020; UNICEF, 2020) of all community members, especially the young adolescents who are still going through extensive developmental stages of their lives.

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How to Cite

Amran, M. S., Abu Bakar, A. Y., & Ifdil, I. (2021). Adolescents’ Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia. Acta Counseling and Humanities, 1(2), 99–100. https://doi.org/10.46637/ach.v1i2.16

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