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Sitting with your Problems: Exploring the Relationship between Leisure Screen-based Sedentary Time and Perceived Psychological Stress in University Students, moderated by Gender
Depenau, M. (2022) Sitting with your Problems: Exploring the Relationship between Leisure Screen-based Sedentary Time and Perceived Psychological Stress in University Students, moderated by Gender.
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| Abstract: | University students spend a great part of their free time sitting and watching screens (leisure screen-based sedentary behaviour). Psychological stress is high in university students which is dangerous due to being associated with adverse health effects. This study was aimed at exploring the relationship between leisure screen-based sedentary time and perceived psychological stress in university students and whether this relation was moderated by gender. A correlational study design using a cross-sectional setup was employed. The PAST-U assessed yesterday’s sitting time and the PSS measured the perceived psychological stress levels. Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlations and moderation analyses were used to examine the relationship between leisure screen-based sedentary time and perceived psychological stress and the moderator variable gender. Correlation analyses showed no significant findings between the leisure screen-based sedentary time, TV watching and scrolling through social media with perceived psychological stress. Furthermore, all three moderation analyses were statistically insignificant. The obtained results are unexpected as previous research found gender differences for all investigated variables in university students. Additionally, the non-existent correlations between leisure screen-based sedentary time and psychological stress indicated positive implications for the sample. Thus, prolonged sitting time during leisure did not increase the already elevated stress levels of university students. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/90925 |
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