Perception of college going youth regarding sleep schedule

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to assess the perception of college going youth regarding sleep schedule. The total sample for the present study consisted of 120 college going students including 60 boys and 60 girls. The age range of subjects was between 19 to 24 years. Subjects selected were regular college going students who were pursuing their under graduation degree. To maintain the homogeneity of the samples two engineering colleges from Udaipur i.e. College of Technology and Agriculture Engineering, MPUAT and Pacific College of Engineering were selected purposively. Major findings of the study indicated that 40 percent of the subjects preferred to sleep late at night and getting up early in the morning. Further 52.5 per cent of subject devoted 6-7 hours and 41.67 percent devoted about 7-8 hours for night time sleep. Nearly half of the subjects devoted 1-2 hours for afternoon nap and a quarter of the subjects took 1 hour nap. Nearly 52 per cent of the respondents had set sleep timings.