Promoting Student Success: Is Chronic Sleep Reduction an Indicator of Poor Academic Success?

Work Type

Poster

Abstract

Research Question:

Is chronic sleep reduction an indicator of poor academic success?

Purpose:

Sleep is an active, repetitive, reversible behavior that all humans take part in daily. Sleep is often one component of well-being that students often push to the back burner in attempts to cram a late-night study session for an upcoming exam. However, doing so may have a more negative impact than many realize.

The objectives of this research project are to identify how sleep affects a student’s academic success and how significant the impact of sleep, or lack thereof, is. This study also looks at ways to improve student sleep habits and hygiene, which components of sleep are most important, and consequences of poor sleep.

Being a student comes with a plethora of stressors. Students navigate the best study tactics and develop methods to store information in their long-term memory. The significance of this study aims to identify if sleep is a factor to aid in student success. This information can help current and prospective students achieve their academic goals, limit stress, and promote overall mental and physical well-being.

Meta analysis involving 19,000 students showed school performance correlated negatively with sleepiness and positively with good sleep quality and duration. 95% of those with abnormal sleep quality scores studied medicine – further demonstrating the need for sleep hygiene knowledge in these students.4

Publication Date

5-17-2026

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