Fakrunizam, Mukhlisah Izzatie Ahmad (2026) The association between screen time, perceived stress, mindful eating and body mass index (BMI) among aerospace engineering students in University Sains Malaysia. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
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Abstract
Obesity among university students has become an important public health concern due to various behavioural and psychological factors that may influence body weight. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the associations between screen time, perceived stress, mindful eating, and body mass index (BMI) among Aerospace Engineering students at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 98 undergraduate students. Data were collected using a self-administered online questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic information, screen time assessment, the Malay version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), and the Mindful Eating Questionnaire-Malay version (MEQ-M). Body weight and height were self-reported and used to calculate BMI. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the characteristics of the respondents, while Spearman’s rank correlation analysis was performed to examine the correlation between the study variables. The respondents had a mean age of 22.47 ± 1.12 years and a mean BMI of 23.21 ± 4.88 kg/m². Most respondents were male (60.2%), Malay (43.9%), and Year 3 students (56.1%). More than half of the respondents had normal BMI (51.0%). The mean perceived stress score, screen time score, and mindful eating score were 18.86 ± 4.82, 19.04 ± 7.47, and 70.61 ± 6.07, respectively. A significant positive correlation was observed between screen time and perceived stress (rs = 0.338, p < 0.001). In contrast, no significant associations were found between screen time and mindful eating (rs = −0.154, p = 0.131), screen time and BMI (rs = −0.095, p = 0.353), perceived stress and mindful eating (rs = −0.100, p = 0.329), and mindful eating and BMI (rs = −0.041, p = 0.688). However, perceived stress was significantly negatively associated with BMI (rs = −0.276, p = 0.006), indicating that respondents with higher perceived stress scores tended to have lower BMI values. In conclusion, perceived stress was significantly associated with BMI among Aerospace Engineering students, whereas screen time and mindful eating were not significantly associated with BMI. Furthermore, higher screen time was associated with higher perceived stress levels. These findings highlight the importance of considering psychological factors in understanding body weight status among university students and may contribute to the development of health promotion strategies targeting this population
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Obesity |
| Subjects: | R Medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan (School of Health Sciences) > Monograph |
| Depositing User: | MUHAMMAD AKIF AIMAN AB SHUKOR |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2026 01:02 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2026 06:54 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/64908 |
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