University students stress level and brainwave balancing index: Comparison between early and end of study semester

Author

Adnan, N. ; Murat, Zunairah Hj ; Abdul Kadir, Ros Shilawani S. ; Mohamad Yunos, Noradibah Hj

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

5-6 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

47

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate university students stress level and brainwave balancing Index (BBI) in the early and the end of a study semester. The brainwave signals were recorded using g-Mobilab from Guger Technologies whereas the stress level is measured using Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire by Sheldon Cohen. Participants consist of 29 volunteering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) undergraduate students. The result shows that at the end of the semester, the brainwave tends to be more balance; however the stress score is higher.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; neurophysiology; PSS questionnaire; UiTM undergraduate students; Universiti Teknologi MARA; brainwave balancing index; brainwave signals; g-Mobilab; perceived stress scale questionnaire; study semester; university student stress level; Brainwave Balancing Index (BBI); EEG; Perceived stress test;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Research and Development (SCOReD), 2012 IEEE Student Conference on

Conference_Location

Pulau Pinang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5158-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SCOReD.2012.6518608

Filename

6518608