Sleep Valuation Is Associated with Components of Sleep Health and Daytime Functioning in a College Sample: A Survey Study

Spencer A. Nielson, Jordan Taylor, Zach Simmons, Andrea N. Decker, Daniel B. Kay and Matthew R. Cribbet
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Spencer A. Nielson: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84606, USA
Jordan Taylor: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348, USA
Zach Simmons: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84606, USA
Andrea N. Decker: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348, USA
Daniel B. Kay: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84606, USA
Matthew R. Cribbet: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: Sleep valuation, the worth individuals place on sleep, is an understudied construct in the field of sleep medicine. This study introduced a Sleep Valuation Item Bank and explored how sleep valuation is related to sleep health and daytime functioning within a sample of college students. The participants in this study were 247 (85% white, 83% female) undergraduate students who completed an online survey that included questions from a Sleep Valuation Item Bank and questions about sleep and daytime functioning. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted to determine associations between sleep valuation, aspects of sleep health and daytime functioning. Mediation analyses were conducted to determine whether the sleep health variables explained the associations between sleep valuation and daytime functioning. In correlation analyses, sleep valuation was negatively associated with sleepiness and sleep quality. It was also associated with daytime functioning, including general mental and physical health, depression, and anxiety. In the regression analyses, daytime impairments including poorer physical and mental health, anxiety, and depression were associated with higher sleep valuation. Poorer sleep health, including greater sleepiness and lower sleep quality, explained these associations and were associated with higher sleep valuation. Thus, while daytime impairments, such as anxiety and depression, are related to sleep valuation, this relationship may be due in part to the sleep disturbance that often co-occurs with these impairments.

Keywords: sleep health; sleep valuation; daytime functioning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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