Attitudes Toward Exercise, Relaxation, and Sleep as Stress Management Strategies among University Undergraduates

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Poorly managed stress can be detrimental to health. However, exercise, relaxation, and sleep are important strategies that can be adopted to manage stress and prevent its negative health consequences. This study investigated attitudes toward exercise, relaxation, and sleep as stress management strategies among undergraduates. A total of three hun- dred and fifty-five (355) undergraduates from the University of Nigeria participated in the cross-sectional study. The instrument used for data collection was a researcher-designed questionnaire developed based on reviewed related literature (Carver, 1997; Smith, 2002). The reliability of the instrument was confirmed with Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.8. The major findings showed that undergraduates of University of Nigeria Nsukka had a positive attitude (X̅ =3.43, SD=0.52) towards exercise (X̅ =0.72, SD=0.93), relaxation (X̅ =3.95, SD=0.55) and sleep (X̅ =3.47, SD=0.78) for managing stress. The results also revealed that there was no significant difference in the attitude towards exercise, relaxation and sleep based on gender (t=-1.487, P=0.138). Exercise (t=0.929, P=0.353), relaxation (t=-4.057, P=0.000) and sleep (t=-0.619, P=0.536), and age (t=1.115, P=0.326). Exercise (t=0.621, P=0.535), relaxation (t=1.414, P=0.158) and sleep (t=0.014, P=0.989). The study concluded that undergraduates have a positive attitude towards exercise, relaxation, and sleep as stress management strategies among university undergraduates. Furthermore, the study concluded that fe- males showed more favourable attitudes toward relaxation as a stress management strategy compared to males.

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