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Comparison of sleep/wake habits of university students with or without a habit of self‐awakening
Author(s) -
MATSUURA NORIKO,
HAYASHI MITSUO,
HORI TADAO
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.00973.x
Subject(s) - morning , psychology , habit , sleep (system call) , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , computer science , operating system
Several studies have reported that some people have the ability to awaken from sleep without using external means. This ability is called ‘self‐awakening’. The present study investigated the sleep/wake habits of university students with or without a habit of self‐awakening. Of the 643 university students, 66 students (10.3%) habitually self‐awakened in daily life. In comparison with those who did not self‐awaken ( n = 577, 89.7%), self‐awakening students went to bed and woke up approximately 30 min earlier, felt better when they woke up in the morning, and dozed off less in the daytime. Moreover, self‐awakening students showed a higher morningness score.