The interaction between sleep quality and academic performance

Ahrberg, K.; Dresler, Martin; Niedermaier, Sophie; Steiger, Axel; Genzel, Lisa

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.09.008

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“…In total 69.57% of our subjects are good sleepers and 30.43% are bad sleepers. The latter percentage is very comparable with the 29% individuals with a PSQI score higher than 5 in the sample of German medical students surveyed by Ahrberg et al (2012). potential exams") is equal to the first one except that the exam mark when students did not show up for the exam was recoded to 0, thus increasing the number of observations slightly.…”

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Mister Sandman, bring me good marks! On the relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement

Baert

Omey

Verhaest

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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Abstract. There is growing evidence that health factors affect tertiary education success in a causal way. This study assesses the effect of sleep quality on academic achievement at university. To this end, we surveyed 2 804 students about their sleep quality by means of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) before the start of their first exam period in December 2013 at Ghent University. PSQI scores were merged with course marks in this exam period. Instrumenting PSQI scores by sleep quality during secondary education, we find that increasing total sleep quality with one standard deviation leads to 4.85 percentage point higher course marks.Based on this finding, we suggest that higher education providers might be incentivised to invest part of their resources for social facilities in professional support for students with sleep and other health problems.

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“…Last, some studies also report positive correlations between sleep quality or sleep duration on the one hand and grade point averages and exam passing probabilities on the other hand in tertiary education in China, Ethiopia, Germany and Portugal (Ahrberg et al, 2012;Genzel et al, 2013;Gomes, 2011;Lemma et al, 2014;Wong et al, 2012).…”

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Verhaest

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Social Science & Medicine

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“…Sleep quality, in addition to sleep quantity, is impactful on academic performance. 21 Other confounders that could impact cognitive function and academic success include students' intellectual ability, achievement motivation, personality, emotional health, presence of stressors, learning style, studying skills, time management strategies, diet, exercise, and caffeine use. 4,5,22 Future research could enhance generalizability and provide further understanding of the effect of student pharmacists' sleep duration and patterns.…”

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Sleep Duration and Academic Performance Among Student Pharmacists

Zeek

Savoie

Song

et al. 2015

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To identify sleep patterns and frequency of daytime sleepiness and to assess the association between sleep duration and academic performance among student pharmacists. Methods. A cross-sectional design was used. An anonymous self-administered paper questionnaire was administered to first-year through third-year students at a pharmacy school. Results. Questionnaires were completed by 364 student pharmacists (79.4% response rate and 93.8% cooperation rate). More than half of student pharmacists obtained less than 7 hours of sleep at night during a typical school week (54.7%) and a large majority on the night prior to an examination (81.7%). Almost half (47.8%) felt daytime sleepiness almost every day. Longer sleep duration the night prior to an examination was associated with higher course grades and semester grade point averages (GPAs). Conclusion. A majority of student pharmacists had suboptimal durations of sleep, defined as fewer than 7 hours. Adequate sleep the night prior to an examination was positively associated with student course grades and semester GPAs.

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“…This is particularly concerning for a military population expected to be fully alert and well rested ready prior to each mission. This finding of common sleep disturbance raises concern regarding increased risk for problems with attention, learning, memory, and higher order cognitive processes (i.e., reasoning and decision making) (Ahrberg, Dresler, Niedermaier, Steiger, & Genzel, 2012;Eschenko & Sara, 2008) that are deemed critical to the performance of USAF MQ-1 Predator/MQ-9 Reaper drone operators Chappelle, McDonald, & McMillan, 2011a). Such sleep related difficulties are also known to lead to decreased frustration tolerance, and increased symptoms of depression and anxiety (Killgore, 2010) that negatively affect daily performance.…”

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An analysis of post-traumatic stress symptoms in United States Air Force drone operators

Chappelle

Goodman²,

Reardon³

et al. 2014

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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A B S T R A C TRemotely piloted aircraft (RPA), commonly referred to as "drones," have emerged over the past decade as an innovative warfighting tool. Given there is a paucity of empirical research assessing drone operators, the purpose of this study was to assess for the prevalence of PTSD symptoms among this cohort. Of the 1084 United States Air Force (USAF) drone operators that participated, a total of 4.3% endorsed a pattern of symptoms of moderate to extreme level of severity meeting criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-4th edition. The incidence of PTSD among USAF drone operators in this study was lower than rates of PTSD (10-18%) among military personnel returning from deployment but higher than incidence rates (less than 1%) of USAF drone operators reported in electronic medical records. Although low PTSD rates may be promising, limitations to this study are discussed.

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The interaction between sleep quality and academic performance

Cited by 278 publications

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Mister Sandman, bring me good marks! On the relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement

Mister Sandman, bring me good marks! On the relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement

Sleep Duration and Academic Performance Among Student Pharmacists

An analysis of post-traumatic stress symptoms in United States Air Force drone operators

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