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The Relationships between Life Satisfaction and Sleep Quality, Sleep Duration and Variability of Sleep in University Students Cover

The Relationships between Life Satisfaction and Sleep Quality, Sleep Duration and Variability of Sleep in University Students

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|Oct 2018

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Assigned Scores to Sleep Latency and Sleep Efficiency.

Sleep Latency (min)Sleep Efficiency (%)Sleep Quality Score
<15 min>950
15–30 min85–951
30–45 min75–852
45–60 min65–753
>60<654
Table 2

Means/Frequencies, Standard Deviations (SD) and Pearson’s Correlations for all Variables.

VariableMean (SD)/FrequencyCorrelations
AgeGenderLSSQMSDVoSDRTDBD
aAge (category)2.66 (0.75)
Gender (1 = female, 2 = male)479 (69.9%)
female
.147***
Life satisfaction23.08 (6.41).027–.026
Sleep quality5.79 (3.00)–.004–.087*–.337***
Mean sleep duration (hours)8.22 (0.93)–.142**–.153**.128**–.387***
Variability of sleep duration12.09 (6.84)–.020.004–.212***.178***–.186***
Rise time deviation (hours)1.42 (0.61)–.053–.024–.148**.104*–.098*.704***
Bedtime deviation (hours)0.98 (0.54)–.115**–.102*–.077.008–.031.159***.433***

[i] a Age categories were as follows: 19 years or younger = 1, 20–22 years = 2, 23–25 years = 3, 26–28 years = 4, 29–31 years = 5 and 32 years or older = 6.

* p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001 (2-tailed).

Table 3

Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis Predicting Life Satisfaction from Sleep Quality, Mean Sleep Duration, Variability of Sleep Duration and Rise Time Deviation (N = 474).

Δ R2βbSE
Step 1.005
   Gender–.043–.604.649
   Age.061.513.390
Step 2.138***
   Gender–.077–1.079.617
   Age.055.465.366
   Sleep quality–.340***–.711***.101
   Sleep duration–.056–.402.347
   Variability of sleep duration–.159**–.146**.057
   Rise time deviation.022.234.643
   Total R2.143***

[i] * p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.434 | Journal eISSN: 2222-6931
Language: English
Page range: 28 - 39
Published on: Oct 9, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2018 Torunn Emilie Bækø Ness, Ingvild Saksvik-Lehouillier, published by Ubiquity Press
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