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Self-reported sleep quality and perceived stress among students: A simulated cross-sectional analysis
- Grace Nwosu Department of Psychology, Example University, USA. ORCID ORCID: Search for this author on: Google Scholar
- Ibrahim Musa Department of Psychology, Example University, USA. ORCID ORCID: Search for this author on: Google Scholar
- Tomi Adeyemi Department of Psychology, Example University, USA. ORCID ORCID: Search for this author on: Google Scholar
- Samuel Okoro Department of Psychology, Example University, USA. ORCID ORCID: Search for this author on: Google Scholar
Article Number - CE42F63954A1 Vol.1(1), pp. 4-6 , October 2026 https://doi.org/10.00000/HDR.2026.00004
Received: 10 August 2026 Accepted: 23 September 2026 Published: 15 October 2026
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Abstract
Sleep quality and psychological stress may interact with learning conditions, social support, and daily routines among university students. This demonstration article presents a cross-sectional analysis of 300 entirely simulated student records. In the synthetic dataset, 42.0% were classified as having poor sleep quality and 36.7% reported high perceived stress; poor sleep was more frequent among students with high stress and late-night screen use. The findings are illustrative only and do not describe actual students. The paper demonstrates how student-health research can report measures, descriptive results, limitations, and practical implications without overstating cross-sectional associations.
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Nwosu, G., Musa, I., Adeyemi, T., & Okoro, S. (2026). Self-reported sleep quality and perceived stress among students: A simulated cross-sectional analysis. Health and Disease Research, 1(1), 4-6. https://doi.org/10.00000/HDR.2026.00004
Nwosu, Grace, et al.. "Self-reported sleep quality and perceived stress among students: A simulated cross-sectional analysis." Health and Disease Research, vol. 1, no. 1, 2026, pp. 4-6. https://doi.org/10.00000/HDR.2026.00004.
Grace Nwosu, Ibrahim Musa, Tomi Adeyemi, Samuel Okoro. "Self-reported sleep quality and perceived stress among students: A simulated cross-sectional analysis." Health and Disease Research 1, no. 1 (2026): 4-6. https://doi.org/10.00000/HDR.2026.00004.