Manuscript Number : GISRRJ258222

Sleep Quality and Academic Performance : A Study on University Students

Authors(1) :-Rajendra Kumar Singh

This systematic review looks at the concurrent correlation between sleep quality and academic perfor-mance among university students, an area of concern that has lacked sufficient exploration of sleep char-acteristics and the effect on learning. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to review empirical literature in order to provide a systematic analysis of the relationship between sleep mechanisms, cognitive process-es and academic performance with reference to university students’ sleep characteristics. Using the sam-ple data for the investigation of usual sleep duration, causes of poor or insufficient sleep, and their effects on cognition and academic achievement, the work demonstrates the severity of sleep disturbances and cognitive impairments on attention, memory, executive functions, and academic performance. Data syn-thesized from the analysis highlights that university students for example, have disrupted sleep patterns and 20-30% have clinically diagnosable sleep disturbances that actually impair learning outcomes. This review focuses on different kinds of assessment like questionnaires and rating scales as well as objective techniques as actigraphy and polysomnography, and also discusses sleep hygiene education and CBT-I as well as chronotherapy as different approaches to intervention. Thus, this approach is useful for develop-ing targeted support systems and strategies based on neurobiological, psychological and educational fea-tures of sleep as the critical factor for academic achievement.

Authors and Affiliations

Rajendra Kumar Singh
Principal, Ekalavya Model Residential School, Tribal Welfare School Education Department

Sleep Quality, Academic Performance, University Students, Cognitive Functioning, Intervention Strategies

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 8 | Issue 1 | January-February 2025
Date of Publication : 2025-02-05
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 269-276
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ258222
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Rajendra Kumar Singh, "Sleep Quality and Academic Performance : A Study on University Students", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp.269-276, January-February.2025
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ258222

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