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Attitudes towards sleep have been shown to be a predictor for sleep hygiene. Sleep hygiene is the set of behaviors and conditions that promote optimal sleep, such as avoiding arousing nighttime activities, avoiding eating too close before bed, having a dark and quiet bedroom, and having a regular sleep schedule. Previous literature indicates that there are gender differences in health attitudes. This study examined whether gender differences in sleep attitudes may explain differences in sleep hygiene. Methods A sample of 172 (101 males, 71 females) individuals completed surveys through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Sleep attitudes were assessed using the Charlotte Attitudes Towards Sleep Scale (CATS; Peach &amp; Gaultney, 2017). Sleep hygiene was measured using the Sleep Hygiene Practice Scale (SHPS; Lin et al; 2007; Yang et al., 2010). Males were dummy coded as 0. Other data were collected surrounding sleep outcomes, health behaviors, and demographics. Linear regression analyses were ran to examine the impact of Sleep attitudes, gender, and an interaction term on each subscale of the SHPS. Results Sleep attitudes significantly predicted each of the components of the SHPS: arousal, eating, environment, and time (b = -3.44, -2.93, -3.80, -3.04; p&amp;lt;.01 for each). Gender significantly predicted sleep hygiene behaviors for eating (b = -10.35, p&amp;lt;.05) and environment (b = -15.40, p&amp;lt;.05) only. The interaction term also significantly predicted sleep hygiene eating behaviors (b = 1.70 p&amp;lt;.05) and environmental conditions (b = 2.91, p&amp;lt;.05). These findings suggest that more favorable sleep attitudes lead to better sleep hygiene behaviors, and women tend to have better eating and environment related sleep hygiene behaviors. Graphs of the interactions indicated males’ sleep attitudes associated with greater differences in sleep hygiene practices, in that positive sleep attitudes predicted better eating and environment elements of sleep hygiene. Conclusion This exploratory research suggested that men’s sleep-related behaviors may be more sensitive to the role of sleep attitudes. Future research should explore causes for gender differences in sleep attitudes and seek ways to improve behaviors and outcomes that are most relevant for specific demographic groups. Support (if any) Psychological Sciences department funding

087 Gender differences in attitudes towards sleep moderate sleep hygiene behaviors