Nothing to Yawn at: A Study Assessing the Importance of Sleep Habits for Academic Student Success

Nothing to Yawn at: A Study Assessing the Importance of Sleep Habits for Academic Student Success

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arnold, Olivia R.
Language:English
Published: Youngstown State University / OhioLINK 2012
Subjects:
Behavioral Sciences
Higher Education
sleep
health behaviors
academic success
student affairs
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1342119599
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ysu13421195992021-08-03T06:18:11Z Nothing to Yawn at: A Study Assessing the Importance of Sleep Habits for Academic Student Success Arnold, Olivia R. Behavioral Sciences Higher Education sleep health behaviors academic success student affairs Increasing awareness and empirical evidence reveal that sleep is beneficial for memory, comprehension, attention, and academic success. Yet the importance of sleep within these contexts has infrequently been addressed within programs intended at optimizing academic performance. Ultimately, this study emphasizes the relationship between sleep habits and academic performance, most specifically, within the unique environment of college residence halls, as considered through self-reported GPA and other identifiable measures, while also contributing to current deficiencies in the literature. Three hundred and sixty-seven undergraduate students aged 18 to 67 years from an urban university in Northeastern Ohio completed an online survey regarding their sleep habits that included questions from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and questions regarding their academic level, lifestyle, and place of residence. In addition to self-reported measures of academic performance, a self-reported cumulative GPA was also gathered in response. Despite some study limitations, nonparametric analysis suggests that a relationship between sleep and academic success potentially exists in different groups of the study population. Furthermore, although realizing the importance of sleep and its restorative qualities, insufficient sleep and bad sleep habits are present at alarming levels among this college student population. 2012-07-12 English text Youngstown State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1342119599 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1342119599 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Behavioral Sciences
Higher Education
sleep
health behaviors
academic success
student affairs
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Higher Education
sleep
health behaviors
academic success
student affairs
Arnold, Olivia R.
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