“A Study to Assess the Relationship between Academic Stress and Quality of Sleep Among PUC Science Students Studying in Selected College at Bagalkot.” Karnataka, India.

Abstract

Introduction: Academic stress is anxiety and anxiety caused by academic demands beyond an individual's available resources. It affects secondary level students' academic performance, psychosocial adjustment, and sleep quality. Unmanaged stress can lead to developmental difficulties, long-term physical and mental health setbacks, behavioural problems, risky smoking, substance abuse, self-harm, poor eating habits, and sleep disorders. Distressed teens are at higher risk for behavioural problems.

Objectives: To find out the co-relation between Academic stress and Quality of sleep of PUC science students in selected college at Bagalkot.

Methods: A descriptive co-relational study with a sample of 120 PUC science students in the age group of 16 – 18 years was selected by convenient sampling technique. The data was collected by using Academic stress scale & Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) scale respectively. The data was entered in MS excel sheet and transferred to SPSS 25 for analysis.

Results: Among 120 samples 50.83% were males and 49.17% were females. Among 120 participants (2.5%) of students were having Slight academic stress and (97.5%) of students were having Moderate academic stress. Among 120 participants (7.5%) of students were No difficulty of sleep, (92.5%) of students were having Mild difficulty of sleep. were age group of 16 – 18 years.

Conclusions: The study found a week positive correlation between academic stress and Quality of sleep among PUC science students, suggesting that promoting proper sleep practice and providing accurate academic progress information can help reduce stress.