CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Today most students in public and private school in the Philippines have their academic
performances under surveillance for a number of reasons. For example, a number of studies
have been carried out to identify causal factors of poor academic performance in a number of
institutions worldwide. Most of these studies focus on the three elements that intervene, that is,
parents family causal factors, teachers academic causal factors, and student personal causal
factors. Many practical studies are carried out to investigate factors affecting student
performance.

Sleep is an important biological necessity that all people need to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It
helps people work at an optimum level and is critical for brain functioning, helping with all the
cognitive functions such as memory, learning, decision making, and critical thinking. This makes
sleep extremely important for academic performance. However, research shows that not
everyone is getting enough sleep to function properly, especially college students. Researchers
states that sleep deprivation are one of the main reasons why students receive low academic
scores aside from stress which contributes to sleep deprivation. The purpose of this research
proposal is to examine what contributes to sleep deprivation and see how it then affects academic
performance of students.

Sleep is a vital necessity for people to live a healthy lifestyle in which they can function well and
think properly. It helps with memory consolidation, learning, decision-making, and critical
thinking (Gilbert & Weaver, 2010). Therefore, sleep deprivation is necessary for keeping these
cognitive functions at an optimal level for performance wherever the person may be, whether it
be at work, home, or even school. Unfortunately, not everyone receives adequate amounts of
sleep in order to function properly throughout the day. These poor performances as a result of
poor sleep quality and sleep deprivation is especially evident among students. Since college
students have such busy work, school, and social schedules to keep up with, their sleep cycles
become negatively affected by it. They tend to have irregular sleep-cycles depending on the day
of the week and report dissatisfaction with sleep as a result of poor sleeps quality (Gilbert &
Weaver, 2010). Causes of Sleep Deprivation There are many causes as to why sleep deprivation
occurs in college students. In a study done by Ahrberg and his colleagues (2012), they found that
different modes of stress affect the circadian sleep rhythms of the students. OF these modes of
stress, stress from work and school are the most prevalent. A working student can feel stress
from going to school, then working too hard at their job, and then having to come home to do
more schoolwork until the early hours of the day. Students who do not have a job may also feel
the same stresses as working students if they spend too much time procrastinating and have to
spend time working on schoolwork until the early morning as well. Ahrberg and his colleagues
(2012) also state that as a result of sleeping this late, sleep deprivation acts as another stressor on
the student.

. Students are most essential asset for an educational institute. The social and economic
development of the country is directly link with student academic performance. The students
performance academic achievement plays an important role in producing the best quality
graduates who will become great leader and manpower for the country thus responsible for the
countrys economic and social development (Ali etal, 2009). Student academic performance
measurement has received considerable attention in previous researches, it is challenging aspects
of academic literature, and science student performances are affected due to social,
psychological, economic, enviromnental and personal factors.

This study focuses on investigating the performance of students correlating sleep deprivation to
their academic performances.