Investigation of the Correlation between the Sense of Coherence and Sleep Quality

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Page: 183-186

Dhivya Priya Bhavanani¹, Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani², and Ganesan Dayanidy³ (Department of Psychology, SSS Shasun Jain College for Women, University of Madras, Tamil Nadu¹ and Institute of Salutogenesis and Complementary Medicine (ISCM), Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry^2,3)

It has been accepted widely that sleep is linked to health, wellness and life quality. Sense of Coherence enables individuals to develop resilience towards disease and adopt steps toward establishing healthy living. This study postulates that there is a positive correlation between sense of coherence and sleep quality. The main objective under which this research study was undertaken was to understand the relationship between these two variables. Using the non-probability convenient sampling and snowball technique, an online survey was conducted using Google forms that were circulated on various social media platforms. A total of 301 individuals from the early adulthood population (18-40) participated. The 13-point Orientation to Life Scale and the 19-item Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index have been used respectively for this correlation analysis. Statistical analysis of the total scores and of each of the components was carried out using JASP software (version 0.17.1) and as data failed normality testing by the Shapiro-Wilk method, Spearman correlation was utilized for correlation analysis. There were negative correlations between PSQI scores and total SOC as well as the three components of SOC scores. Statistically significant values were found at p < 0.01 and p < 0.001 for Total SOC and Meaningfulness (ME) component scores respectively. As scoring in PSQI is reversed, a lower score implies better sleep quality. It is concluded that better the sleep quality a person has, the more the enhancement of orientation to life. Qualitative sleep is essential for every individual’s sound health and SOC enables resilience towards dis-ease caused by various triggers.