Exploring the correlation between sleep quality and academic performance: The effect of sleep factors on perceived focus levels

Exploring the correlation between sleep quality and academic performance: The effect of sleep factors on perceived focus levels

Presenter(s)

Mary Bischoff, Katherine Heublein, Ace Kinman, Olivia Reddy, Julia Reilly

Comments

9:00-10:15, Kennedy Union Ballroom

Description

Introduction: Educational achievements are influenced by a range of factors, one of the most significant being sleep. Both the duration and quality of sleep play a crucial role in academic performance. Prior studies indicate that sleep consistency was negatively associated with overall scores in a class along with longer sleep duration having a strong positive correlation with academic performance (Okano et al., 2019). However, research remains uncertain on how perceived level of focus, which correlates to academic performance, is impacted by variousaspects of sleep.Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate if there is a correlation between the sleep quality and quantity of college students and their academic performance. Academic performance will be measured by individual level perceived focus in the classroom and correlated with various factors of weekday sleep.Methods: This research will employ a mixed-methods approach, combining both qualitative and quantitative techniques in a survey to explore the impact of sleep on academic performance among a diverse group of college students. The survey will be completed by one hundredstudents on the University of Dayton’s campus of various majors. The survey will include questions regarding their amount of sleep during the weekdays, focus levels in class, and factors that could affect their sleep conditions. T-tests will be performed to find associations betweensleep and perceived level of focus from scaled survey questions.Discussion/Conclusions: While this study is still under investigation, our results will suggest how focus levels will be affected by factors of sleep quality and quantity. With the pressure of college students to complete a variety of extracurriculars while also balancing school work,determining a correlation between sleep quality and quantity in relation to academic performance could highlight ways to create a beneficial schedule for college students.

Publication Date

4-23-2025

Project Designation

Course Project - HSS 428 M2

Primary Advisor

Daniel F. Yang

Primary Advisor's Department

Health and Sport Science

Keywords

Stander Symposium, School of Education and Health Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Scholarship; Practical Wisdom

Exploring the correlation between sleep quality and academic performance: The effect of sleep factors on perceived focus levels

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