Relationship of quality of sleep with cognitive performance and emotional maturity among adolescents

Abstract

Introduction: Sleep is a physiological behaviour typical in all animal species. Sound sleep nurtures the adolescent's health and emotions. Objectives: This study objective was to find the relationship between sleep quality and cognitive performance and emotional maturity among adolescents in selected PU colleges. Methods: Three hundred and twenty participants were selected by purposive sampling technique for the study. Socio-demographic data were collected, and sleep quality was assessed by Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) scale from all the 320 participants. The study participants who had scored poor sleep as per the ISI scale, i.e., the score between 8-21 were, further assessed for their cognitive and emotional maturity by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS) Results: Out of 320 participants,32 had subthreshold insomnia and clinical insomnia(moderate severity). These thirty-two subjects were categorized as poor sleep quality. Out of thirty-two subjects, the majority of those participants, 29 (90.6%), had below normal cognitive performance. A negligible correlation(r=0.205, p=0.261) was found between sleep quality and cognitive performance but not statistically significant. However, out of thirty-two participants, the majority of the participants (62.5%) exhibited an above-average emotional maturity. Hence, a negligible correlation (r=0.304, p=0.091) between Quality of Sleep and Emotional Maturity was found but not statistically significant. Conclusion: Adolescence requires enough sleep to maintain optimal health and wellbeing. A person with chronic sleep-deprivation can have fatigue, daytime sleepiness, clumsiness, and weight loss or weight gain. Sleep deprivation has influenced the cognitive and emotional performance of the adolescence.

Keywords

• Adolescents
• Cognition
• Emotions
• Insomnia
• Sleep