Q131943

Science Summary

Floor Kroese, and others, surveyed two thousand people about their sleeping habits, and they each were asked to keep a seven-day sleep journal. Overall, the group on average slept about 7.2 hours a night and about 17.5 percent of the people believed that they were not getting enough sleep each night, and over fifty percent of people believed that they weren’t getting enough sleep at least two days of the week (Kroese, F.). Although variations, such as age and gender, were taken into account, 12.7 percent of the sleep variations were because of self-proclaimed sleep procrastination (Kroese, F). They found that there is a correlation between low self control and lack of sleep, however, they are unsure of the causation factor. This ties into the book because the book discusses how even the slightest delay in a bedtime can affect a persons “cognitive performance” (Boyd p.115). It is important that people think about how their delay in sleeping might affect them in the long term. It could be unwise to stay up even a little later than one would normally.

References: Kroese, F., Evers, C., Adriaanse, M., & de Ridder, D. (2014). Bedtime procrastination: A self-regulation perspective on sleep insufficiency in the general population Journal of [|Health Psychology]

Kroese, F., Evers, C., Adriaanse, M., & de Ridder, D. (2014). Bedtime procrastination: A self-regulation perspective on sleep insufficiency in the general population Journal of [|Health Psychology]

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