Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students
The present cross-sectional study examined the relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance, and sleep quality in a sample of undergraduate students. Three hundred eighty-five undergraduate students completed a self-administered questionnaire containing sociod...
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| author | Ragupathi, Darnisha Devi Ibrahim, Normala Tan, Kit Aun Beatrice, Ng Andrew |
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| description | The present cross-sectional study examined the relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance, and sleep quality in a sample of undergraduate students. Three hundred eighty-five undergraduate students completed a self-administered questionnaire containing sociodemographic variables, bedtime mobile phone use, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (attention and verbal memory). At bivariate level, increased scores in bedtime mobile phone use were significantly correlated with decreased scores in academic performance and sleep quality. Our multivariate findings show that increased scores in bedtime mobile phone use uniquely predicted decreased scores in academic performance and sleep quality, while controlling for gender, age, and ethnicity. Further untangling the relations of bedtime mobile phone use to academic performance and sleep quality may prove complex. Future studies with longitudinal data are needed to examine the bidirectional effect that bedtime mobile phone use may have on academic performance and sleep quality. |
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| spelling | upm-874362023-05-22T03:06:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87436/ Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students Ragupathi, Darnisha Devi Ibrahim, Normala Tan, Kit Aun Beatrice, Ng Andrew The present cross-sectional study examined the relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance, and sleep quality in a sample of undergraduate students. Three hundred eighty-five undergraduate students completed a self-administered questionnaire containing sociodemographic variables, bedtime mobile phone use, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (attention and verbal memory). At bivariate level, increased scores in bedtime mobile phone use were significantly correlated with decreased scores in academic performance and sleep quality. Our multivariate findings show that increased scores in bedtime mobile phone use uniquely predicted decreased scores in academic performance and sleep quality, while controlling for gender, age, and ethnicity. Further untangling the relations of bedtime mobile phone use to academic performance and sleep quality may prove complex. Future studies with longitudinal data are needed to examine the bidirectional effect that bedtime mobile phone use may have on academic performance and sleep quality. MDPI 2020-09 Article PeerReviewed Ragupathi, Darnisha Devi and Ibrahim, Normala and Tan, Kit Aun and Beatrice, Ng Andrew (2020) Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (19). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1660-4601 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/7131 10.3390/ijerph17197131 |
| spellingShingle | Ragupathi, Darnisha Devi Ibrahim, Normala Tan, Kit Aun Beatrice, Ng Andrew Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students |
| title | Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students |
| title_full | Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students |
| title_fullStr | Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students |
| title_short | Relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students |
| title_sort | relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students |
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