Ashton, MauricePearce, RobynGuest, JadeGrant, RossBeamish, PeterMorey, PeterGreive, Cedric2023-11-012023-11-012014-01-012014-12-01Greive, C., Morey, P., Beamish, P., Grant, R., Guest, J., Pearce, R., & Ashton, M. (2014). Struggling to stay awake: The sleep patterns of Adventist secondary school students. <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 8</em>(2), 28-37. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1256https://doi.org/10.55254/1835-1492.1256https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/06409188<p><strong>Sleep deprivation studies indicate that sleep is vital to emotional, physical and behavioural wellbeing. This study presents the results of a survey in which 945 students in Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools responded to questions about the length and quality of their sleep. The study found that: almost one half of the students were at risk of falling short of the recommended number of hours of sleep per night; toward one in every five students were averaging six or fewer hours sleep per night; the quality of sleep (in terms of better sleep habits) and the resulting levels of daytime alertness were clearly linked to having a permanent, personal space for sleep; and finally that academic performance was strongly related to measures of daytime alertness and measures of the quality of sleep habits. </strong></p>en-usSleepAdolescentsAlertnessPerformanceJournal Article