Dataset on Undergraduate Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep Quality Among First-Year Psychology Students

This dataset contains responses from 102 first-year psychology undergraduates who completed standardized self-report questionnaires assessing undergraduate-related stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and sleep quality. Data were collected as part of a cross-sectional study on psychological health during the transition to university life.<b>Measures:</b><b>Undergraduate Stress:</b> Measured with the <i>Undergraduate Stress Questionnaire (USQ)</i>, which assesses stressors specific to student life (Crandall et al., 1992).<b>Anxiety:</b> Assessed using the <i>State Anxiety</i> subscale of the <i>State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)</i> (Spielberger, 1983).<b>Depression:</b> Measured with the <i>Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)</i> (Beck et al., 1996).<b>Sleep Quality:</b> Evaluated using the <i>Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)</i> (Buysse et al., 1989).<b>Demographics:</b> Age, gender, nicotine consumption (number of cigarettes per day), and caffeine consumption (cups of coffee per day).The dataset is fully anonymized and includes total scores for each instrument. All procedures were approved by the University of Westminster Ethics Committee.