Development of Mobile Application for Enhancing Emotion Management for UTHM Students using DASS-21

• DOI: 10.37934/ard.129.1.119
• Publication Date: 2025-05-14T09:28:12Z
• Authors: Jasline Jia Yi Tan; Mohd Norasri Ismail; Mohd Farhan Md Fu...; Muhammad Hanif Jofri; Mohd Al Hafiz Nordin

Managing one's emotions is a crucial skill, particularly for university students facing intense academic and social pressures in today's competitive environment. However, Malaysian university students often struggle with limited emotional awareness, which further compounds their mental health challenges. Therefore, a mobile application called Therapist was proposed to offer assistance for university students in managing their emotion based on DASS-21 inventory model. The mobile application was developed using a Multimedia Mobile Content Development method. Usability testing was conducted with the target user group using the System Usability Scale. A score of 86 was obtained from the results, which is "acceptable" in the Acceptability Ranges scale's. This corresponds to a "B" grade on the Grade Scale and an "Excellent" Adjective Rating. The results suggest that the Therapist application can be a valuable tool for enhancing students' emotional management capabilities especially for Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) students.