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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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Main Authors: Ragupathi, Darnisha Devi, Ibrahim, Normala, Tan, Kit Aun, Beatrice, Ng Andrew
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Published: MDPI 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87436/
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/7131
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spelling my.upm.eprints.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
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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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author Ragupathi, Darnisha Devi
Ibrahim, Normala
Tan, Kit Aun
Beatrice, Ng Andrew
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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
author_facet Ragupathi, Darnisha Devi
Ibrahim, Normala
Tan, Kit Aun
Beatrice, Ng Andrew
author_sort Ragupathi, Darnisha Devi
title 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_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_sort relations of bedtime mobile phone use to cognitive functioning, academic performance and sleep quality in undergraduate students
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87436/
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/7131
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