Mobile Phone Usage during Nights among Male and Female Undergraduate Students and Sleep Disruption in Malaysia

Bachelor Thesis , 2016 , 56 Pages , Grade: 3.67

Psychology - General

The key purpose of this research is to identify the effects of mobile phone usage during nights and sleep disruption among undergraduate students. In today’s world, technology has taken a huge role and caused a strong impact in every individual’s life and one of the most prominent usages under the world of technology had been the mobile phone. The mobile phone usage is highly significant among the younger generation. This study has been conducted among the undergraduate students of Segi Kuala Lumpur. This research aims to study on the effects of the late night usage of mobile phone among these undergraduate students and their sleep quality. A total of 80 students were drawn in for this research and it was conducted in Segi College Kuala Lumpur. Data were collected in the form of questionnaire, a quantitative approach in which the participants were provided with questionnaire consisting of 27 questions including 2 sub questions. Questions were in the form of dichotomous scale, nominal scale, ordinal scale and a 5 point likert scale. The analysis of data was computed using the statistical software, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Results obtained have shown that there is no significant relationship between mobile phone usage during nights and no significant difference between gender and mobile phone usage during nights.

Content

CHAPTER 1

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Research
1.2 Research Problem
1.3 Objective
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Conceptual Definition
1.6 Operational Definition
1.7 Theories
1.8 Hypothesis

CHAPTER 2

2. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Adolescent Sleep Patterns and Night-Time Technology Use: Results of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Big Sleep Survey (Gamble et al., 2014)
2.2 Association between Electronic Media Use and Sleep Habits: An Eight-Day Follow-Up Study (Kubiszewski et al., 2014)
2.3 Evening Use of Light-Emitting eReaders Negatively Affects Sleep, Circadian Timing and Next-Morning Alertness (Czeisler et al., 2014)
2.4 Light Level and Duration of Exposure Determine the Impact of Self-Luminous Tablets on Melatonin Suppression (Wood etal., 2012)
2.5 Television-Viewing Habits and Sleep Disturbance in School Children
2.6 Sleep and Television and Computer Habits of Swedish School-Age Children
2.7 Evening Exposure to a Light-Emitting Diodes (LED)-Backlit Computer Screen Affects Circadian Physiology and Cognitive Performance (Cajochen et al., 2011)
2.8 The Association between Use of Mobile Phones after Lights Out and Sleep
2.9 Adolescent Sleep and Cellular Phone Use: Recent Trends and Implications for Research (Adams, S.K., Daly, J.F & Williford, D.N, 2013)
2.10 Mobile Phone Use and Sleep Quality and Length in College

CHAPTER 3

3. Research Methodology
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Research Subject
3.3 Sampling Procedure
3.4 Instrumentation
3.5 Procedure
3.6 Data Analysis

CHAPTER 4

4. RESULT
4.1 DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
4.1.1 GENDER
4.2 TECHNOLOGY
4.2.1 AVERAGE HOURS AND GENDER
4.2.2 Frequently Used Device Before Sleep
4.3 SLEEP DISRUPTION
4.3.1 AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP ON WORKING/SCHOOLING DAYS
4.3.2 AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP ON WEEKENDS
4.3.3 COMPARISON OF SLEEP ON WORKING/SCHOOLING DAYS AND WEEKENDS
4.4 MOBILE PHONE USAGE DURING NIGHTS
4.4.1 POSSESSION OF MOBILE PHONE
4.4.2 PURPOSE OF MOBILE PHONE USAGE DURING NIGHTS
4.4.3 MINIMAL HOURS SPENT ON MOBILE PHONE BEFORE BEDTIME
4.4.4 MOBILE PHONE USAGE DURING WEEKENDS OR WEEKDAYS
4.5 CORRELATION: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOBILE PHONE USAGE DURING NIGHTS AND SLEEP DISRUPTION
4.6 T-TEST: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENDER AND MOBILE PHONE USAGE DURING NIGHTS

CHAPTER 5

5. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATION
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 FINDINGS
5.3 LIMITATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
5.4 CONCLUSION

6. REFERENCES

APPENDIX

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

• Course: BSc (Hons) Psychology
• Grade: 3.67
• Author: Darnisha Ragupathi (Author)
• Publication Year: 2016
• Pages: 56
• Catalog Number: V388467
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668628854
• ISBN (Book): 9783668628861
• Language: English
• Tags: Mobile Phone, Nights, Usage, Male, Female, Students, Malaysia, Sleep, Disruption