International Journal of Science, Engineering and TechnologyAuthors: Dr. Nagendra Pal
Abstract: Digital technologies increasingly shape university students’ academic and recreational routines, motivating research on sedentary behaviour, physical fitness, and psychological well-being. This paper presents a cross-sectional analytical framework for examining these relationships in the context of Western Uttar Pradesh, India, and demonstrates its application using 350 artificially generated student records distributed across eight hypothetical institutional groups. Academic and recreational screen time are examined separately; physical fitness is represented by step-test recovery heart rate, push-up performance, and sit-and-reach flexibility, while psychological well-being is represented by WHO-5 scores. The constructed records yield a mean total digital sedentary duration of 6.79 hours per day. Total screen time correlates with recovery heart rate (r = .257), push-up performance (r = −.167), flexibility (r = −.119), and WHO-5 well-being (r = −.252). In adjusted models, recreational screen time is associated with recovery heart rate (B = 1.300, p < .001), push-up performance (B = −0.497, p = .026), and WHO-5 scores (B = −3.079, p < .001), but not significantly with flexibility (B = −0.382, p = .119). These figures are properties of simulated records and are not empirical estimates for students in the region. The contribution is a transparent, multidimensional research framework suitable for subsequent validation using ethically collected participant-level data.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23688220
