Thesis Title: Rumination, Sleep Disturbance and Psychological Distress in Hostelite Students
Author Name: Hadiqa Irfan
Supervisor: Shazia Khalid
Year: 2017
Degree: MSC
Department: Institute of Applied Psychology
University: Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Corresponding Address: Department of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: chairperson@appsy.pu.edu.pk, Phone: 92-42-9231245
Abstract
The present research was conducted to investigate the relationship among rumination, sleep disturbance and psychological distress in hostelite students. Within group research design was used and the sample comprised of 150 hostelite students with age range of 18 to 25 years. Rumination Response Scale (Hoeksema & Morrow, 1991), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index ( Buysse, et al., 1989) and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (Kessler et al., 2002) were used to collect data. Correlation and regression analysis were applied. The results revealed that rumination and sleep disturbance were significantly positively correlated with psychological distress while rumination significantly predicted psychological distress in hostelite students. These findings highlight the need for early hour interventions in reducing rumination and sleep disturbance in order to prevent the growth of severe psychological illness in hostelite students and their failure in academic and occupational fields as well.
Keywords:
Rumination, psychological distress, sleep disturbance
