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  1. The Effect of Sleep Quality on Students' Academic Achievement

    Background. Sleep is an inseparable part of human health and life, and is pivotal to learning and practice as well as physical and mental health. 1 Studies have suggested that insufficient sleep, increased frequency of short-term sleep, and going to sleep late and getting up early affect the learning capacity, academic performance, and neurobehavioral functions. 2, 3 Previous studies have ...

  2. Research on Sleep Quality and the Factors Affecting the Sleep Quality

    Research datas have been collected through personal features survey and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: The average result derived from the sample is 6.52±3.17. To briefly explain the average of the component scores: subjective sleep quality 1.29±0.76, sleep latency 1,55±0.94, sleep duration 0.78±0.99, habitual sleep activity ...

  3. Sleep is essential to health: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine

    Strategic opportunities in sleep and circadian research: report of the Joint Task Force of the Sleep Research Society and American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Sleep. 2014;37(2):219-227. Crossref Google Scholar; 74. Jackson CL, Walker JR, Brown MK, Das R, Jones NL. A workshop report on the causes and consequences of sleep health disparities. Sleep.

  4. Lifestyle Factors and Sleep Health across the Lifespan

    1. Introduction. Sleep is a critical health behavior, important for all aspects of well-being (e.g., see []).Although decades of research have focused on disordered sleep, including identifying important lifestyle factors [2,3,4] and age differences in poor sleep [5,6,7], comparatively less research has focused on healthy sleep.In fact, the concept of sleep health is a relatively new term in ...

  5. Relationship between sleep habits and academic performance in

    Background Sleep disorders are composed of a group of diseases of increasing prevalence and with social-health implications to be considered a public health problem. Sleep habits and specific sleep behaviors have an influence on the academic success of students. However, the characteristics of sleep and sleep habits of university students as predictors of poor academic performance have been ...

  6. Effect of sleep and mood on academic performance—at ...

    Academic achievement and cognitive functions are influenced by sleep and mood/emotion. In addition, several other factors affect learning. A coherent overview of the resultant interrelationships ...

  7. Sleep quality, duration, and consistency are associated with better

    The relationship between sleep and cognitive function has been a topic of interest for over a century. Well-controlled sleep studies conducted with healthy adults have shown that better sleep is ...

  8. The future of sleep health: a data-driven revolution in sleep science

    With regards to behavioural determinants, poor sleep quality 12 (as defined by the National Sleep Foundation's recommendations based on total sleep time, sleep latency, wake after sleep onset ...

  9. Determinants of sleep quality in college students: A literature review

    Lifestyle determinants. Lifestyle factors most strongly affected sleep quality among college students, followed by mental factors, social factors and physical factors. Smoking and sedentary behavior had negative effects on sleep, as revealed by a single article 37 and a few articles, 94,95 respectively.

  10. Sleep habits, academic performance, and the adolescent brain ...

    Abstract. Here we report the first and most robust evidence about how sleep habits are associated with regional brain grey matter volumes and school grade average in early adolescence. Shorter time in bed during weekdays, and later weekend sleeping hours correlate with smaller brain grey matter volumes in frontal, anterior cingulate, and ...

  11. Sleep timing, sleep consistency, and health in adults: a systematic

    Novelty This is the first systematic review to examine the influence of sleep timing and sleep consistency on health outcomes. Later sleep timing and greater variability in sleep are both associated with adverse health outcomes in adults. Regularity in sleep patterns with consistent bedtimes and wake-up times should be encouraged.

  12. Relationship between sleep habits and academic performance in ...

    The homogeneity of the 'sleep habits questionnaire' was appropriate (Cronbach's alpha = 0.710). Nursing students were characterized by an evening chronotype (20.2 %) and a short sleep pattern. 30.4 % of the Nursing students had bad sleep habits. Regarding the academic performance, 47.9 % of the students showed a poor one.

  13. The Extraordinary Importance of Sleep

    In the inaugural issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (2005), a feature article 1 traced early milestones in the developing field of sleep medicine, which slowly emerged from the older field of sleep research during the 1970s and 1980s. Sleep medicine, the article noted, was closely linked with and made possible by the discovery of electrical activity in the brain.

  14. (PDF) Sleeping Habits and Perception of Its Health Effects among

    college students in the Midwestern United States were surveyed. Participants completed a demographic and a. 19-item Likert-type survey about their sleep habits and their perception of its health ...

  15. Association between sleep habits and behavioral problems in early

    Background Sleep habits are related to children's behavior, emotions, and cognitive functioning. A strong relationship exists between sleep habits and behavioral problems. However, precisely which sleep habits are associated with behavioral problems remains unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between sleep habits and behavioral problems in early ...

  16. The Correlation of Sleep and Academic Performance

    While this study reveals that sleep deprivation may affect. academic perfor mance, t he study obtains 95% confidence that respondents. show a mean between 6.85 hours and 7.40 hours 6. This ...

  17. (PDF) College Students' Sleep Habits and Their ...

    Sleep is a. challenge for students and poor sleep can be linked to mental health issues and a person's academic performance. (Orzech et al., 2011, p. 6 18). The purpose of the study was to better ...

  18. Influence of Sleeping Patterns in Health and Academic Performance Among

    Abstract. Sleep problems in university students are important and have implications for health, quality of life, and academic performance. Using an ex post facto design, a total sample of 855 students (55.7% women) participated in the study. Sleep assessment was conducted using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Nightmare Frequency Scale ...

  19. (PDF) Sleeping Habits, Classroom Behaviour and Academic Performance of

    Variables Number of Hours of Night Sleep and Classroom Behavior Number of Hours of Night Sleep and Academic Performance Classroom Behavior and Academic Performance *Significant at p<0.05 2 2,34 2,71 2,69 2,62 3,14 3,15 3,22 4,01 4,18 Mean 0 2 4 6 behavior among respondents Relationship of sleeping habits, classroom behavior and academic ...

  20. Sleep habits and patterns of college students: a preliminary study

    The authors describe the use of a quantitative-based assessment instrument to provide an initial indication of students' sleep problems and to serve as a means of addressing some of the deficiencies in the literature. In their sample of 191 undergraduates at a rural southern university, they found that most of the students exhibited some form ...

  21. Sleeping Habits and Sleep Deprivation Among College Students by Jane

    research and interventions. Otenyo- 5 Literature Review ... sleeping habits are not always promoted in certain settings. In college, students generally live in a culture that promotes poor sleep hygiene. This paper will identify the sleep habits of college students and the factors associated with sleep deprivation. Otenyo- 6

  22. Sleeping Habits among School Children and their Effects on Sleep

    Introduction: Sleep problems can occur at any age. Inadequate sleep affects the physiological as well as psychological well-being of an individual. Thus, the objective of the present study is, to determine the pre sleep habits, duration and pattern of sleep among school children and to determine association between their sleep schedules and sleep habits.

  23. Causes and consequences of sleepiness among college students

    The consequences of sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness are especially problematic to college students and can result in lower grade point averages, increased risk of academic failure, compromised learning, impaired mood, and increased risk of motor vehicle accidents. This article reviews the current prevalence of sleepiness and sleep ...