fear of dark, sleep quality and cognitive failure among university student

Abstract

The present study was aimed to explore relationship between fear of dark, sleep quality and cognitive failure among university students. The sample comprised of 320 university students from Rawalpindi and Islamabad including both men (n=160) and women (n=160). Fear of Dark Scale (Kopsco et aI.,2017) was used to measure fear of dark in adults. Sleep Quality Scale (Shin et aI., 2006) was used to measure sleep quality in adults and the Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (Broadbent et al.,1982) was used to measure cognitive failures. The findings revealed that fear of dark is negatively associated with sleep quality among university students while it was associated with any cognitive failures also. Cognitive failure is affected by sleep quality. Gender differences are measured in this study. Family system and sleep issues also affect the cognitive issues. Moreover, poor sleep was negatively correlated with cognitive failures. Gender differences indicated that women score high of fear of dark, problematic sleep, and cognitive failures.