Purpose

This paper aims to investigate the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students in Malaysian universities as well as its effect on their learning.

Design/methodology/approach

The study employed a quantitative design, as the data were collected through a survey. The participants were 219 students, divided as follows: 102 local students and 117 international students in Malaysian universities.

Findings

The findings showed no significant difference in terms of the psychological impact of COVID-19 among students according to the variables, nationality (local and international), gender and level of study. The descriptive analysis showed that the outbreak of COVID-19 made the students anxious, worried and restless. Besides, the outbreak of COVID-19 made the students unable to focus on their study, feel anxious about studying, have less confidence on their leaning and commit more mistakes than normal days. The psychological stress made online learning during the isolation period less effective and less helpful for students, which made them more worried about their academic achievement and future study plans.

Originality/value

COVID-19 is a current issue, and the psychological effect of COVID-19 on local and international students and their learning has not been covered in previous literature.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 大流行对马来西亚大学本地和国际学生的心理影响

目的

本文旨在调查 COVID-19 大流行对马来西亚大学大学生的心理影响及其对他们学习的影响。

设计/方法/方法

该研究采用定量设计，因为数据是通过调查收集的。参加者为219名学生，分为：102名本地学生和117名马来西亚大学的国际学生。

发现

研究结果表明，根据变量、国籍（本地和国际）、性别和学习水平，COVID-19 对学生的心理影响没有显着差异。描述性分析表明，COVID-19 的爆发使学生们感到焦虑、担忧和不安。此外，COVID-19的爆发使学生无法专心学习，对学习感到焦虑，对自己的学习缺乏信心，并且比平时犯的错误更多。心理压力使隔离期间的在线学习效果较差，对学生的帮助也较小，这使他们更加担心自己的学业成绩和未来的学习计划。

原创性/价值

COVID-19 是一个当前的问题，COVID-19 对本地和国际学生及其学习的心理影响在以前的文献中没有涉及。