An Overview of Sleep Behaviours in Undergraduate and Graduate University Students
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Kinesiology, School of
data provider: DSpace
contributor: University of British Columbia. Athletics and Recreation
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
creator: Mcleod, Johnathan
creator: Paetzel, Paul
creator: Law, Mary
creator: Polyhronopoulos, Leah
creator: Lee, Austin
issued: 2024-07-30T18:15:34Z
issued: 2024-04-12
description: The objective of the following research project proposed by UBC Recreation was to gain insight into the sleep behaviours of undergraduate and graduate students living in residence at the University of British Columbia. This research project’s intent was to gather information about students’ sleep habits (including consistency of sleep and wake times and screen time use before bed), quality of sleep, and sleep duration to determine resources needed to support better sleep in UBC students. Past research demonstrates that awareness of proper sleep hygiene, which includes healthy habits and behaviours surrounding sleep such as consistent wakeup times, limited caffeine and alcohol consumption, and avoiding late naps, is low among university students (Brown et al., 2002). Furthermore, it has been identified that university students consistently report poor sleep, sleeping less than what is recommended by sleep health guidelines (Semsarian et al., 2021; Humphries et al., 2022). The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology has created the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines, which are a series of prescriptions that focus on the integration of physical activity, sleep hygiene, and the reduction of sedentary behaviours. These guidelines suggest that adults aged 18-64 sleep 7-9 hours per night (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, n.d.). The target population included UBC undergraduate and graduate students living in residence at the UBC Vancouver campus. Participants were recruited by posters placed strategically around UBC campus, through recruitment materials that were shared on social media by group members via Facebook and Instagram, and through recruiting students at the start of lectures with the permission of UBC professors. The findings of this research project suggest that, as a whole, undergraduate and graduate students living in residence at UBC Vancouver campus do not meet the minimum sleep requirements of 7-9 hours, nor do they report having good quality sleep, mean…
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note: 1An Overview of Sleep Behaviours in Undergraduate and Graduate University StudentsAssignment 3: Final ReportPrepared by Group #2, Project C: Johnathan Mcleod, Paul Paetzel, Mary Law, LeahPolyhronopoulos, Austin LeeUBC RecreationDepartment of Kinesiology, University of British ColumbiaKIN 464: Health Promotion and Physical ActivityDr. Andrea Bundon, andrea.bundon@ubc.caApril 12th, 20242Disclaimer: UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with theopportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions,conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bearin mind that this is a student research project and is not an official document of UBC.Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect thecurrent status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research personsmentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about thecurrent status of the subject matter of a report.3Executive SummaryThe objective of the following research project proposed by UBC Recreation was togain insight into the sleep behaviours of undergraduate and graduate students living inresidence at the University of British Columbia. This research project’s intent was to gatherinformation about students’ sleep habits (including consistency of sleep and wake times andscreen time use before bed), quality of sleep, and sleep duration to determine resourcesneeded to support better sleep in UBC students.Past research demonstrates that awareness of proper sleep hygiene, which includeshealthy habits and behaviours surrounding sleep such as consistent wakeup times, limitedcaffeine and alcohol consumption, and avoiding late naps, is low among university students(Brown et al., 2002). Furthermore, it has been identified that university students consistentlyreport poor sleep, sleeping less than what is recommended by sleep health guidelines(Semsarian et al., 2021; Humphries et al., 2022). The Canadian So…
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0444921
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Undergraduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. KIN 464
subject: Community
subject: Health
subject: Wellbeing
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88794