title: Bedtime procrastination: A self-regulation perspective on sleep insufficiency in the general population.
abstract: Getting insufficient sleep has serious consequences in terms of mental and physical health. The current study is the first to approach insufficient sleep from a self-regulation perspective by investigating the phenomenon of bedtime procrastination: going to bed later than intended, without having external reasons for doing so. Data from a representative sample of Dutch adults (N = 2431) revealed that a large proportion of the general population experiences getting insufficient sleep and regularly goes to bed later than they would like to. Most importantly, a relationship between self-regulation and experienced insufficient sleep was found, which was mediated by bedtime procrastination.
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, The Netherlands F.M.Kroese@uu.nl.
authors.forename: Floor M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kroese
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Catharine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marieke A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Adriaanse
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Denise T D
authors.initials: DTD
authors.lastname: de Ridder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011159:Population Surveillance; D000075682:Procrastination; D000068356:Self-Control; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: community health psychology; health; health behavior; lifestyle; psychology; well-being