Association between student’s type a behavior and sleep quality

Tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti studentu A" tipo elgesio ir subjektyvios miego kokybes sasajas. Tiriamieji – 99" Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto dieniniu bakalauro studiju studentai – 62"moterys ir 37" vyrai. Tiriamuju amžius – nuo 18 iki 25"metu. Metodai. A tipo elgsenai nustatyti naudotas D."Dženkinso klausimynas studentams (Student Jenkins Activity Survey – SJAS (Fischer, Corcoran, 1994)). Subjektyviai miego kokybei nustatyti, remiantis literaturos šaltiniais (Vosylis, Žukauskiene, Perminas, 2009; Brand, Frei, Hatzinger, Holsboer-Trachsler, 2005; Carskadon, Wolfson, Acebo, Tzischinsy, Seifer, 1998; Manni et al., 1997; Smith, Reilly, Midki), 1999; Tynjälä, Kannas, Levälahti, Välimaa, 1999), buvo sudarytas klausimynas, susidedantis iš 31" klausimo. Rezultatai, išvados. Nustatyta, jog A" tipo elgsenos studentu vyru užmigimo laikas ilgesnis nei B"tipo elgsenos studentu. B"tipo elgsenos (pagal itampos faktoriu) moterys pasižymi geresne rytine savijauta nei A"tipo elgsenos moterys, taciau B"tipo elgsenos moterys (pagal itampos faktoriu) yra mieguistesnes diena. B"tipo elgsenos (pagal atsakingumo faktoriu) moterys pasižymi ilgesne subjektyvia miego trukme nei A"tipo elgsenos moterys (p"="0,049; p"<",)The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between students’ Type A behaviour and their sleep quality. Materials and methods. 99 students (37 male and 62 female) of Vytautas Magnus University took part in the recent study. Participants range in age from 18 to 25 years. Type A behaviour of the students was measured using the Student Jenkins Activity Survey (SJAS) (Fischer, Corcoran, 1994). The questionnaire consists of 31 questions for the assessment of subjective sleep quality, and was constructed and based on a background of scienti.c literature analysis (Vosylis, Žukauskiene, Perminas, 2009; Brand, Frei, Hatzinger, Holsboer-Trachsler 2005; Carskadon, Wolfson, Acebo, Tzischinsy, Seifer, 1998; Manni et al. 1997; Smith, Reilly, Midki), 1999; Tynjälä, Kannas, Levälahti, Välimaa, 1999). Results. The results of the study show that men with Type A behaviour take more time to fall asleep then Type B behaviour students. Type B (tension factor) behaviour women feel better in the morning than Type A behaviour women but Type B (tension factor) women feel more sleepy during the daytime. Type B (responsibility factor) behaviour women sleep longer than Type A behaviour womenPsichologijos katedraVytauto Didžiojo universiteta