Sleep Quality and its Relationship with Academic Performance in College Students of Different Shifts

Authors

  • Danilo de Freitas Araújo UFRN
  • Katie Moraes de Almondes UFRN

Keywords:

Sleep, academic achievement, college students.

Abstract

The correlation between the sleepiness levels, sleep quality and academic performance of collegians was analyzed. The sample (age mean: 24 years old, SD = 8,09) was constituted of 109 students of the morning shift and 125 of the nocturnal. They completed a demographic characteristics and sleep questionnaires, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Their grade index also was requested to the courses coordinators. The results showed in sleepiness mean of 9,03 (SD = 4,01) points in the morning shift and 9,7 (SD = 4,01) in the nocturnal, and in sleep quality, 5,54 (SD = 2,99) and 5,53 (SD = 3,08) respectively. There were significant differences in sleepiness (t = -29,55; p < 0,05) and sleep quality (t = -19,82; p < 0,05) between the shifts. There was no correlation between performance and sleep quality the morning shift (r = -0,05; p > 0,05) and in the nocturnal (r = 0,03; p > 0,05). The dates showed that the students of the nocturnal shift are long sleepers and have a worse sleep quality, however this don’t influence their academic performance.

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Author Biographies

Danilo de Freitas Araújo, UFRN

Mestrando em Psicologia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN

Katie Moraes de Almondes, UFRN

Doutora em Psicobiologia; Professora do Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFRN; Psicóloga clínica e da saúde/hospitalar; Membro da Sociedade Brasileira do Sono.

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Published

2012-09-13

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Araújo, D. de F., & de Almondes, K. M. (2012). Sleep Quality and its Relationship with Academic Performance in College Students of Different Shifts. Psico, 43(3). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/9369

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Vol. 43 No. 3 (2012)

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