Mindfulness Based Interventions for Improving Sleep Quality and Reducing Digital Addiction among University Students: A Role of Social Case Worker

Abstract

Students of the University of Punjab, Pakistan are becoming more exposed to poor sleep quality and a high degree of digital addiction, which is very dangerous to their academic achievements and mental well-being. According to research, academic stress, unstable lifestyle, and excessive screen time usually result in getting insufficient or disrupted sleep in university students, which in turn impairs their concentration, causes emotional instability, and reduces their overall well-being. This study to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in improving sleep quality among university students. To assess the impact of mindfulness-based interventions on reducing levels of digital addiction among university students. To explore the role of social case workers in implementing and supporting mindfulness-based interventions aimed at improving sleep quality and reducing digital addiction among university students. The research design used in this study was a quantitative cross-sectional research to investigate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions on the sleep quality and digital addiction among university students. The quantitative methodology allowed objective measurement of variables and test of relations statistically. The study population was the university students of both the public and the private universities in Punjab, Pakistan. The respondents of the study were chosen via a total of 370 university students. Multistage sampling method was used, according to which the universities were chosen on the basis of accessibility and the students were chosen out of random sampling. The instruments were based on already validated scales and were made to meet the goals of the study. The answers were all recorded in a Likert-type scale. The data were gathered using online and paper-based questionnaires with the permission of the concerned authorities of the Universities. Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data collected. To summarize the demographic information the descriptive statistics were applied, to test the hypotheses of the study correlations and regression analyses were performed.