Understanding academic performance based on gender, race, stress and sleep quality
This study aims to explore gender, race, stress and sleep quality as factors which influence the academic performance of undergraduate students. The samples of study involved 80 students from the Faculty of Cognitive Science and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. The research instrum...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | en |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2019
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27301/5/Eugenie%20full.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27301/ |
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| Summary: | This study aims to explore gender, race, stress and sleep quality as factors which influence
the academic performance of undergraduate students. The samples of study involved 80
students from the Faculty of Cognitive Science and Human Development, Universiti
Malaysia Sarawak. The research instrument which will be used in data collection is via
questionnaire which consists of demographic information, stress questionnaire (Student
Stress Inventory (SSI)) and sleep quality questionnaire (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
(PSQI)). The academic performance of the undergraduate students in this study is measured
by their cumulative grade point average (CGPA). The result of the study shows that female
students performed better than male students; whilst non-Bumiputera students performed
better than Bumiputera students. The study also found that the higher the stress level of a
student (SSI score), the lower his or her CGPA results. Moreover, the findings showed that
there is a significant difference in FCSHD undergraduates' academic performance based on
their sleep quality, in which the mean of CGPA for students with good sleep quality is higher
than that of students with bad sleep quality. Several limitations were encountered in this
study as well, including failure to generalise the findings of the study to represent the whole
population of university students and usage of questionnaires. These limitations can be
overcome through careful procedures and other methods. |
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