The Roles of Academic Resilience and Social Media Addiction in the Link Between Academic Stress and Sleep Quality Among University of Cape Coast Students

Abstract

This study investigated the moderating role of academic resilience and mediating role of social media addiction in the link between academic stress and sleep quality among University of Cape Coast students. Adopting positivist paradigm, the study employed quantitative approach with a descriptive-correlational design. A stratified random sample of 394 students was selected from a population of 29,136. The study used standardized scale to measure academic stress, academic resilience, social media addiction, and sleep quality. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, including Pearson’s correlation and Hayes’ Macro Process analysis. A total of 208 of the respondents were Female and 186 were male. Majority (32.7%) were level 200 students with average age of 24.38 ± (5.22) years. The findings revealed moderate academic resilience, high academic stress, prevalent social media addiction, poor sleep quality among UCC students. Academic stress was weakly correlated with sleep quality, and social media addiction mediated this relationship. Academic resilience moderated the link between academic stress and sleep quality. Based on this the researcher recommended implementing stress management interventions, sleep hygiene programs, digital literacy programmes and academic resilience initiatives to support and promote students’ well-being.