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Sleep procrastination: an exploratory study with high school students
| Summary: | Sleep insufficiency affects our physical and psychological health. Not only adults suffer the consequences of sleep deprivation, adolescents too are affected by this condition. Many factors contribute to sleep insufficiency, but one possible contributor may be of a motivational nature, namely procrastination. So far, sleep procrastination literature has focused on behaviors individuals engage in before going to bed (bedtime procrastination), but not on the behaviors individuals engage in after going to bed (while-in-bed procrastination). The main goal of this study is to explore whether this while-in-bed procrastination is a novel phenomenon that adds to the bedtime procrastination. The study was conducted online with high school students and comprised a self-report questionnaire with sociodemographic questions, Bedtime Procrastination Scale, While-in-bed Procrastination Scale, and contextual variables (related to sleep descriptives, routine related, and family related. Bedtime Procrastination and While-in-bed Procrastination conveys a low correlation degree. Several ANOVAs were conducted to analyze differences in Bedtime and While-in-bed Procrastination; these analyses showed distinct results. Findings indicate that solely assessing Bedtime Procrastination as representing the procrastination of Sleep is limited. This study adds a new perspective to the literature by stressing the role of While-in-bed Procrastination, thus opening new research pathways. |
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| Main Authors: | Cruz, Vânia Cristina da Silva Ralha Mendes |
| Subject: | Bedtime procrastination Health Sleep insufficiency Psychology While-in-bed procrastination Insuficiência de sono Procrastinação no deitar Procrastinação no sono Psicologia Saúde Ciências Sociais::Psicologia |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | master thesis |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Universidade do Minho |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Summary: | Sleep insufficiency affects our physical and psychological health. Not only adults suffer the consequences of sleep deprivation, adolescents too are affected by this condition. Many factors contribute to sleep insufficiency, but one possible contributor may be of a motivational nature, namely procrastination. So far, sleep procrastination literature has focused on behaviors individuals engage in before going to bed (bedtime procrastination), but not on the behaviors individuals engage in after going to bed (while-in-bed procrastination). The main goal of this study is to explore whether this while-in-bed procrastination is a novel phenomenon that adds to the bedtime procrastination. The study was conducted online with high school students and comprised a self-report questionnaire with sociodemographic questions, Bedtime Procrastination Scale, While-in-bed Procrastination Scale, and contextual variables (related to sleep descriptives, routine related, and family related. Bedtime Procrastination and While-in-bed Procrastination conveys a low correlation degree. Several ANOVAs were conducted to analyze differences in Bedtime and While-in-bed Procrastination; these analyses showed distinct results. Findings indicate that solely assessing Bedtime Procrastination as representing the procrastination of Sleep is limited. This study adds a new perspective to the literature by stressing the role of While-in-bed Procrastination, thus opening new research pathways. |
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