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FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS USING FUZZY TOPSIS
SELECTION OF MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION PROGRAM
FATHIN ATHIRAH BINTI MAT NASIR | K242/53 | 2022621814
SUPERVISED BY: SUZIANA AIDA BINTI OTHMAN
ABSTRACT PROBLEM STATEMENT OBJECTIVE
Universities play a vital role in supporting student well-being, and University students often face mental health challenges due to academic 1.To apply the triangular fuzzy number (TFN) in the multi-
choosing the right mental health intervention program is essential. pressure, social stress, and financial burdens, which can lead to anxiety, criteria decision-making (MCDM) process.
With a rising number of students facing issues like anxiety, depression, and emotional distress. As students strive for academic 2.To rank the most effective mental health intervention programs
depression, and emotional distress, it has become increasingly success and future goals, many struggle to manage their emotions. This for university students using the fuzzy TOPSIS method
important to implement effective solutions. This study used the highlights the need for universities to introduce engaging programs that
fuzzy TOPSIS method a multi-criteria decision-making approach to inspire and support students. However, selecting the most effective
evaluate four intervention options: counseling and therapy services, mental health intervention is difficult due to diverse student needs and
physical activities, peer support groups, and online mental health limited resources. To address this, the study applied the fuzzy TOPSIS
resources. Six experts from the Psychology and Counseling Unit at method a decision-making tool that evaluates programs based on key
UiTM Kelantan assessed these alternatives based on five key factors like accessibility, cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and overall
criteria: accessibility, effectiveness, cost-efficiency, flexibility, and impact. This approach helps university administrators identify and
privacy. The findings revealed that counseling and therapy services implement the most suitable mental health programs that align with
ranked highest as the most effective program. This highlights the student needs and institutional constraints.
need for universities to focus on interventions that truly enhance
students’ mental health and emotional resilience.
RESULT & DISCUSSION
METHODOLOGY & IMPLEMENTATION
Methodology Implementation
STEP 1: Data Collection STEP 2: Convert Data to Triangular
Fuzzy Number (TFN)
The result demonstrates that Counseling and Therapy Services
with the closeness coefficient of 0.564 is the most effective mental
health intervention program for university students, this finding
is consistent with the article from Broglia et al. (2023), which
states that counseling was particularly effective in improving
depression, anxiety, well-being, hostility, social anxiety and
academic distress. This also proves that counseling can improve
individuals with social anxiety, eating concerns, and depression.
Following up on Peer Support Groups with a 0.504 closeness
coefficient. Some students do not feel comfortable sharing
problems with their peers and prefer to talk to professional
people to express their problems. Then, Physical Activities with a
0.502 closeness coefficient. This program is not effective for some
students who do not like being active. Last but not least, Online
Mental Health Resources that have a closeness coefficient of
0.481. This program is not suitable for students who are easily
STEP 3 : Aggregated Alternative and distracted by their cell phones.
Criteria Weightage Fuzzy Decision Matrix
STEP 4 : Calculation of Normalized CONCLUSION
Decision Matrix, R
This research employs the fuzzy TOPSIS method to rank the
most effective mental health intervention programs for university
students, based on the importance of the criteria and their
corresponding ratings. The goals include integrating fuzzy
TOPSIS in Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and
developing a general model for fuzzy TOPSIS for ranking the
best mental health programs and choosing the most effective
mental health programs among the alternatives. All objectives
were successfully met. With a closeness coefficient of 0.564, the
STEP 5 : Determine the Weightage STEP 6 : Find the Distance of Each Alternative
Counseling and Therapy Services outperformed every other
Normalized Decision Matrix, V from FPIS and FNIS program. Peer Support Groups ranked second with a score of
0.504, while Physical Activities came in third with a score of
0.502. Online Mental Health Resources ranked last with a score
of 0.481. As a result, Counseling and Therapy Services is the
most effective program option for university students, followed
by Peer Support Groups, Physical Activities and Online Mental
Health Resources.
STEP 7 : Find the Closeness of Coefficient STEP 8 : Step 8 : Rank the Alternatives RECOMMENDATION
of each Alternative, CCi according to CCi
Future research should focus on various fuzzy sets, such as
Spherical and Pythagorean. Use multi-criteria decision-making
approaches such as fuzzy AHP, entropy, and PROMETHEE to
better understand students’ preferences while rating professions.
