Relationship between Bedtime Procrastination, Sleep Quality and Smartphone Addiction in College Students

Abstract

This study explores how smartphone addiction, bedtime procrastination, and sleep quality are connected in college students. The main goal of this research was to understand how excessive smartphone use affects bedtime procrastination and overall sleep quality of college students. A total of 300 college students participated in the research, selected through a convenient sampling method. This research is a quantitative correlational study that uses the three well-established questionnaires: the Bedtime Procrastination Scale (Keroese et al., 2014), the Smartphone Addiction Scale - Short Version (Kwon et al., 2013), and the Sleep Quality Scale (Yi et al., 2006) to obtain information from the participants. The findings revealed some concerning patterns: students who were more addicted to their smartphones tended to delay their bedtime more often, and this habit, in turn, negatively impacted their sleep quality. Moreover, both bedtime procrastination and smartphone addiction were found to significantly affect the sleep quality of students. This study sheds light on an important issue in today's digital world. It highlights how excessive smartphone use and bedtime procrastination can disrupt sleep, ultimately affecting students' well-being. The study will help the policymakers to implement the ways by which excessive smartphone use can be reduced. Thus, the future generations would be saved from the smartphone addiction and bedtime procrastination's impacts.