Subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performance
This study investigated the relation between sleep and school performance in a large sample of 561 adolescents aged 11-18 years. Three subjective measures of sleep were used: sleepiness, sleep quality and sleep duration. They were compared to three measures of school performance: objective school gr...
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| author | Annemarie eBoschloo Lydia eKrabbendam Sanne eDekker Nikki C Lee Renate ede Groot Renate ede Groot Renate ede Groot Jelle eJolles |
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| description | This study investigated the relation between sleep and school performance in a large sample of 561 adolescents aged 11-18 years. Three subjective measures of sleep were used: sleepiness, sleep quality and sleep duration. They were compared to three measures of school performance: objective school grades, self-reported school performance, and parent-reported school performance. Sleepiness – ‘I feel sleepy during the first hours at school’ – appeared to predict both school grades and self-reported school performance. Sleep quality on the other hand – as a measure of (un)interrupted sleep and/or problems falling asleep or waking up – predicted parent-reported school performance. Self- and parent-reported school performance correlated only moderately with school grades. So it turns out that the measures used to measure either sleep or school performance impacts whether or not a relation is found. Further research on sleep and school performance should take this into account. The findings do underscore the notion that sleep in adolescence can be important for learning. They are compatible with the hypothesis that a reduced sleep quality can give rise to sleepiness in the first hours at school which results in lower school performance. This notion could have applied value in counseling adolescents and their parents in changing adolescents’ sleep behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-500055ff8bc94ab9ae3422782f04623d2022-12-22T01:48:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-02-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0003838041Subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performanceAnnemarie eBoschloo0Lydia eKrabbendam1Sanne eDekker2Nikki C Lee3Renate ede Groot4Renate ede Groot5Renate ede Groot6Jelle eJolles7VU University AmsterdamVU University AmsterdamVU University AmsterdamVU University AmsterdamVU University AmsterdamOpen Universiteit NederlandMaastricht UniversityVU University AmsterdamThis study investigated the relation between sleep and school performance in a large sample of 561 adolescents aged 11-18 years. Three subjective measures of sleep were used: sleepiness, sleep quality and sleep duration. They were compared to three measures of school performance: objective school grades, self-reported school performance, and parent-reported school performance. Sleepiness – ‘I feel sleepy during the first hours at school’ – appeared to predict both school grades and self-reported school performance. Sleep quality on the other hand – as a measure of (un)interrupted sleep and/or problems falling asleep or waking up – predicted parent-reported school performance. Self- and parent-reported school performance correlated only moderately with school grades. So it turns out that the measures used to measure either sleep or school performance impacts whether or not a relation is found. Further research on sleep and school performance should take this into account. The findings do underscore the notion that sleep in adolescence can be important for learning. They are compatible with the hypothesis that a reduced sleep quality can give rise to sleepiness in the first hours at school which results in lower school performance. This notion could have applied value in counseling adolescents and their parents in changing adolescents’ sleep behavior.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00038/fullsleepinesssleep durationsleep qualityschool achievementself-reportparent-report |
| spellingShingle | Annemarie eBoschloo Lydia eKrabbendam Sanne eDekker Nikki C Lee Renate ede Groot Renate ede Groot Renate ede Groot Jelle eJolles Subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performance Frontiers in Psychology sleepiness sleep duration sleep quality school achievement self-report parent-report |
| title | Subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performance |
| title_full | Subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performance |
| title_fullStr | Subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performance |
| title_short | Subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performance |
| title_sort | subjective sleepiness and sleep quality in adolescents are related to objective and subjective measures of school performance |
| topic | sleepiness sleep duration sleep quality school achievement self-report parent-report |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00038/full |
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