PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

Mental health affects how students think, behave and manage feelings.

It also affects the competency to cope with stress, maintain relationship, and

surmount lapses and adversities of life. The increasing growth of mental

health crisis in college universities across country is very alarming, Thus, this

study is conducted to aid emotional concerns of the students based on their

psychosocial concerns and related behaviours as basis in applying immediate

mental health support to promote mental and emotional health to the

students.

This is significant to the following;

Students of MSU IIT:

The result of the study will provide a must recent baseline date on the

psychosocial concerns and related behaviours of MSU-IIT students. Thereby,

designing a scientifically-sound and evidence-based in reaching out college

students with varying concerns.

Office of the Guidance Councillors:

They are the primary support system of the students inside MSU IIT,

this study can benefit the guidance councillors to identify the emotional state

of the students and their concerns psychosocially, since it was evident that

students prefer expressing thru online the use of this application will help the

office to invite many students and be more aware of their concerns. The office

will receive notifications from the student who use the application and apply

their actions immediately to their concerns.

Parents:

This study will help parents maintain the integral support of their child’s

concerns that may affect their daily performances or their relationship with

others and improve their involvement to reduce the possible development of

their child mental and emotional problem by the early identification of their

psychosocial concerns and related behaviours.

Teachers:

Teachers play a vital role in recognising and supporting students with

mental health problems. This study will help teachers in providing support to

their students throughout their education and maintain a good relationship with

them by knowing what affects their performance in school the most and how

will they handle it for the student.

Students Body Executive Officers:

The study will give benefit to the executive officers of the institutions as

the profound concerns will serve as an assistance to further unify all students

and keep sustenance to their rights and welfare.

Future Researchers:

This study will serve as basis for further studies that involves nursing

the mental health concerns on psychosocial factors of MSU IIT students. This

study may be also served as basis for researches for identification of ways to

improve student’s performances.