A Study on the Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Mental Health in University Girl Students

Abstract

The present paper is to examine the effect of Sleep Deprivation on mental health of girl student in higher education , sleep deprivation and mental health consume diverse theoretical approaches to understand individual action and interaction within their social environment . Poor sleep hygiene, irregular sleep cycles and poor sleep quality are common among University female students . The study involves descriptive survey design used for the female perspective among University students concerning about the effect of Sleep deprivation and mental health as they enter a new phase of university life. In the  present study , total 100 Under Graduate and Post Graduate female students were selected on the basis of random sampling technique from  Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University ( A Central University) Lucknow., Uttar Pradesh, India. Investigation respondents were asked to complete the Effects of sleep deprivation on the mental health questionnaires , Anxiety Scale and the Genera Health Questionnaire (GHQ) . Statistical  criteria ( mean , standard deviation and t-test)  were computed to test the significance of the mean difference of Anxiety between Under Graduate and Post Graduate female students . The study found that there is a significant difference in mean scores of Anxiety between Under Graduate and Post Graduate female students. The study indicates that due to low sleep quality , Anxiety level increases which affect the mental health of the female students.