Tipologia circadiana de estudantes de Psicologia

Abstract

A tipologia circadiana é uma dimensão comportamental associada a preferências de hábitos diários. Contudo, este estudo objetivou avaliar a qualidade de sono e a sonolência excessiva de acadêmicos de Psicologia. Participaram deste estudo quase-experimental 56 estudantes com idade entre 17 e 34 anos. Utilizaram-se como instrumentos o Índice de Qualidade de Sono de Pittsburgh (PSQI), o Questionário de Matutinidade e Vespertinidade, a Escala de Sonolência de Karolinska e a Escala de Ritmo Social Breve. Após avaliar o PSQI, todos os participantes responderam os instrumentos por um período de 14 dias consecutivos. A MANOVA mostrou diferença significativa para sonolência diária durante os dias úteis [λ=0.81; F(4;47)=451,53; p<0,05], especificamente para o horário das 21h [F(2;5)=3,03; p<0,05]. Conclui-se que os estudantes possuem qualidade de sono ruim e, geralmente, tentam compensar as faltas de noites de sono durante a semana nos finais de semana.

Personality and affections in university students: implications of circadian typology

“…Similar results were found in this study; however, differences were observed for affable or loving behaviors in subjects with morning preference and, consequently, greater emotional stability for morning subjects. These results are similar to the findings 7 , which suggest that morning subjects are more conscientious than nocturnal subjects 13 . Refer that the sense of restraint and practical sense is consistent with practices of sensitivity and confidence of the kindness trait.…”

“…However, a large part of the adult population is classified with an intermediate chronotype 4 . There is evidence to suggest that CT is influenced by individual factors, such as age and sex [5][6][7] , environmental factors, including exposure to light 8,9 , and also to cognitive skills and personality traits [10][11][12][13][14][15] .…”

“…They pointed out that the participants' diurnal preference was associated with the difficulty of carrying out avoidance strategies to deal with academic stress as high school approaches the end; however, the subjects with a neurotic trait were able to deal with an aversion to classes, distracting with night activities, such as using the internet. ET subjects are associated with sleep problems, anxious/depressive symptoms, smoking, caffeine consumption, alcohol consumption, and suicidal behavior 13 . Still, it argues that the nocturnal type of both males and females have patterns inferior to the behaviors of extraversion and social desirability 16 .…”