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Exploring the Relationship between Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Daily Life : An Experience Sampling Study
Picón Rattel, Ignacio (2024) Exploring the Relationship between Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Daily Life : An Experience Sampling Study.
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| Abstract: | The relationship between sleep and physical activity has been explored for decades, without finding clear and consistent results. This study aimed at exploring the temporal reciprocal association between physical activity and sleep quality using Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM), an intensive longitudinal research design. This study used a convenience sample of 21 participants of the general population who responded to four daily questionnaires over 14 days in the application SEMA3. One daily morning questionnaire focused on sleep quantity and quality and the other three questionnaires focused on the amount of hours spent performing physical activity at different times of the day (morning, afternoon and evening). One statistically significant temporal association was found as physical activity was associated with a longer sleep quantity the following night. However, no significant temporal associations were found between physical activity and sleep quality, nor between sleep quantity and physical activity levels the following day. This is the first study to exclusively focus on physical activity and sleep using ESM and, therefore, brings some clarity about this association. Nevertheless, future research is suggested to focus on more specific samples or confounding variables to ultimately understand the temporal associations between different types of physical activity and dimensions of sleep quality in the general population. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100603 |
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