An Effect Analysis of Insomnia on College Students with Special Reference to Gender and Educational Stream

Abstract

Insomnia is a condition when a person is not able to fall asleep, sustain sleep, or regain sleep. The main purpose of the study is to analyse insomnia among male and female student and to examine insomnia in different educational stream. 120 male and female participants were chosen using a simple random sampling technique from various colleges. Insomnia scale (IS), developed by Chopdar and Mishra, was used for data collection. The data were analysed using the t test statistical technique. The main finding of the study was that there is no difference between in insomnia by gender wise. And another result shows that there is a significant difference between B.E. and B.Sc. college student with reference to insomnia. The study concluded that the effect of insomnia of insomnia is similar in male and females, but differences in insomnia have been observed in B.E. and B.Sc. students.