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College students who frequently text on their cell phones while they're in their bed waiting to fall asleep, may suffer from a much reduced quantity and quality of sleep. This increases their risk of being involved in a fatigue-related accident or drowsy driving accident the next day.
According to new research, not only does texting significantly reduce the amount of sleep that a college student gets, it also seems to increase the impact of stress on a college student's life. In other words, college students who were stressed seemed to have deteriorated quality of sleep, and slept for fewer hours per night when they were also texting. The research was published recently in the journal Psychology of Popular Media.
Sleep deprivation is already a serious problem affecting the college student population, and this category of motorists is already at a much higher risk of drowsy driving. College students have hectic lives that include socialization, classes, extracurricular activities, and other activities that make major demands on their time. Therefore, students are much less likely to prioritize sleep, although the health and safety benefits of sleep are well-established.The research involved 83 college students between the age of 18 and 21. They were specifically looking at how texting affected the student’s stress levels, their potential for burnout, and their overall emotional well-being.
They found that texting significantly increases the risk of sleep-related problems, among college students who are already very stressed. College students, who were stressed, were much more likely to engage in heavier texting, and this further affected their quality of sleep. A motorist who is sleepy is likely to doze off at the wheel, and much more likely to make critical driving errors that increase his risk of being involved in an accident.
