Humaira Farid2014-09-302014-09-302014https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/1290The current study focused to see the relationship of sleep problems and mental health issues in university students. The purpose of this study was to assess the sleep patterns and problems prevalence in non clinical population of our culture as in university students. As university life is full of challenges so it could become a risk factor for developing mental health problems. Cross sectional research design was used to see the relationship between sleep problems and mental health. Stratified random sample of 366 students (50% boys and 50% girls) was drawn from different universities. The hypothesis of this research was that those university students who have sleep problems would have more mental health issues. It was also hypothesized that the men are more likely to have sleep problems then women. The measures used in the study were General Sleep Disturbance Scale (GSDS), Student Problem Checklist (SPCL) and General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). All the measures were adapted in their same context. Co relational method was used to see correlation among variables. The results revealed that there was positive correlation in sleep problems and mental health problems. The most frequent problem in students was sleep deprivation. Gender, siblings and number of friends also proved significant determinants for sleep problems. The utility of this study will be that it will help university students to identify the underlying causes of certain behaviors which they exhibit unknowingly and which even bothers them. This research will help more students to have indigenous data while conducting their own researches so it will set as a background for other researches.enMS ThesisClinical PsychologyThesis