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Insufficient Sleep among Adolescents: The Role of Bedtime Procrastination, Chronotype and Autonomous vs. Controlled Motivational Regulations

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The study explored the relationship between a specific type of procrastination – bedtime procrastination, and the amount (hours) of sleep and indicators of sleep deprivation in a sample of 175 Polish adolescents. It also examined the relationship between bedtime procrastination, morningness–eveningness and autonomous vs. controlled motivational regulations for sleep related behavior. Bedtime procrastination – or going to bed later than intended without any specific external reason – was prevalent in the adolescent sample and was negatively associated with the amount of sleep and positively related to signs of sleep deprivation. Evening-type adolescents showed a greater tendency to put off bedtime. The relationship between eveningness and bedtime procrastination was mediated by non-autonomous regulation of sleep related behavior. The results suggest some practical implications for improving the ability to self-regulate sleep related behavior.

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Kadzikowska-Wrzosek, R. Insufficient Sleep among Adolescents: The Role of Bedtime Procrastination, Chronotype and Autonomous vs. Controlled Motivational Regulations. Curr Psychol 39, 1031–1040 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9825-7

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