Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects

Date of Award

2025

Document Type

Honors Paper

Degree Name

Psychology-BS

Department

Psychology

Advisor

Dr. Denise Hatter-Fisher

First Committee Member

Dr. Meredith Frey

Second Committee Member

Dr. Anthony DeStefanis

Keywords

Bedtime procrastination, procrastination, sleep hygiene, sleep, stress, college students

Subject Categories

Health Psychology | Higher Education | Other Psychology | Psychological Phenomena and Processes

Abstract

Bedtime procrastination involves the deliberate postponement of sleep though the specific cause of bedtime procrastination is unknown. Previous research has investigated a wide range of factors, but it has not collectively examined bedtime procrastination’s relationship with perceived stress and sleep hygiene. The present study focused on the relationships among these variables when measured at two time points. I hypothesized there would be significant correlations among these variables, and I hypothesized sleep hygiene would moderate the relationship between bedtime procrastination and stress. At the beginning and middle of the semester, thirty-one participants from a Midwestern university answered a survey measuring the variables of interest. Results demonstrated a significant positive correlation between bedtime procrastination and stress. They also showed sleep hygiene has significant negative correlations with bedtime procrastination and stress. There was no statistical evidence for moderation, however, graphs offered visual evidence of an interaction between sleep hygiene and stress. This suggests that the relationship between bedtime procrastination and stress may vary based on an individual’s sleep hygiene.

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