Deadline stress, brain fog, sleep quality and interpersonal relationships among young adults
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2025
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UMT, Lahore
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This study explores the relationships between deadline stress, brain fog, sleep quality, and interpersonal relationships among university students. It also looks at whether males and females differ in these experiences and whether stress and sleep can predict brain fog and relationship quality. The research is carried out with university students in Lahore, Pakistan, using convenience sampling. Standard questionnaires were used to measure the variables. Data was analysed in SPSS through correlation, regression, and independent t-test. The correlation findings show that higher deadline stress is related to more brain fog, while better sleep is linked with less brain fog and better relationships. Regression results find that stress strongly predicts brain fog, while sleep predicts both brain fog and relationships. Gender differences appear only in stress and sleep, with females reporting higher levels, but no difference is found in brain fog or relationships. Some of the hypotheses are validated, while others are not. It means that both stress and bad sleep quality impair the lucidity of students' thoughts and their relational dispositions with others, meanwhile appraising the influence of some cultural and social factors. This inductive research study emphasized the need for stress management and healthy sleep to improve the mental and social well-being of students.