Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2013
School
Psychology
Abstract
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Sleep Hygiene Scale (ASHS), a self-report measure assessing sleep practices theoretically important for optimal sleep. Data were collected on a community sample of 514 adolescents (16–19; 17.7 ± 0.4 years; 50% female) participating in the late adolescent examination of a longitudinal study on sleep and health. Sleep hygiene and daytime sleepiness were obtained from adolescent reports, behavior from caretaker reports, and sleep-wake estimation on weekdays from wrist actigraphy. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated the empirical and conceptually based factor structure were similar for six of the eight proposed sleep hygiene domains. Internal consistency of the revised scale (ASHSr) was α = 0.84; subscale alphas were: physiological: α = 0.60; behavioural arousal: α = 0.62; cognitive/emotional: α = 0.81; sleep environment: α = 0.61; sleep stability: α = 0.68; daytime sleep: α = 0.78. Sleep hygiene scores were associated positively with sleep duration (r = 0.16) and sleep efficiency (r = 0.12) and negatively with daytime sleepiness (r = −0.26). Results of extreme-groups analyses comparing ASHSr scores in the lowest and highest quintile provided further evidence for concurrent validity. Correlations between sleep hygiene scores and caretaker reports of school competence, internalizing and externalizing behaviours provided support for convergent validity. These findings indicate that the ASHSr has satisfactory psychometric properties for a research instrument and is a useful research tool for assessing sleep hygiene in adolescents.
Publication Title
Journal of Sleep Research
Volume
22
Issue
6
First Page
707
Last Page
716
Recommended Citation
Storfer-Isser, A.,
Lebourgeois, M.,
Harsh, J.,
Tompsett, C.,
Redline, S.
(2013). Psychometric Properties of the Adolescent Sleep Hygiene Scale. Journal of Sleep Research, 22(6), 707-716.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/20264
Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [Psychometric properties of the Adolescent Sleep Hygiene Scale. Journal of Sleep Research 22, 6 p707-716 (2013)], which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12059. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html#3.