Repertory Grid
Problem of the Study
Title of the
Study/Author/Publisher/
Year of publication
1. Impact of Social Media
Usage On Daytime
Sleepiness: A Study in a
Sample of Tertiary Students
in Singapore
A M A Nasirudeen, Lau Lee
Chin Adeline, Koh Wat Neo
Josephine, Lim Lay Seng
and Li Wenjie
2. The Behavioral and Health
Consequences of Sleep
Deprivation among U.S.
High School Students:
Relative Deprivation Matters
Ryan Charles Meldrum and
Emily Restivo
Research Problem Research Objectives Research Variables Included
Approach /Methods/Design
How does Social Media To examine the Cross sectional Social media
usage affect tertiary relationships between
students’ sleep patterns tertiary students’ self- Quantitative research Daytime sleepiness
and day time reports of social media Study
sleepiness, their usage and day time Social Networking
attention difficulties sleepiness Sites (SNS)
especially in school?
Students
Does the association To evaluate whether the Survey Adolescence
between sleep strength of the
deprivation and association between Statistical Analysis Sleep deprivation
negative outcomes vary sleep deprivation and
according to the relative negative behavioral and Health
amount of sleep health outcomes varies
deprivation experienced according to the amount Antisocial behavior
by adolescents? Put of sleep deprivation
differently, is the effect experienced by
of sleep deprivation adolescents.
non-linear?
 Title of the
Study/Author/Publisher/
Year of publication
1. Impact of Social Media
Usage On Daytime
Sleepiness: A Study in a
Sample of Tertiary Students
in Singapore
A M A Nasirudeen, Lau Lee
Chin Adeline, Koh Wat Neo
Josephine, Lim Lay Seng
and Li Wenjie
2. The Behavioral and Health
Consequences of Sleep
Deprivation among U.S.
High School Students:
Relative Deprivation Matters
Ryan Charles Meldrum and
Emily Restivo
Major constructs/ Salient findings Recommendations for Limitations of the
concepts further Investigations Study
Three main factors -Hours spent on SNS
regulate sleep- a and most preferred SNS The participants are
homeostatic factor, an by Tertiary students. tertiary students.
endogenous circadian -Reasons identified by
factor, and a behavioral tertiary students for the
factor. use of SNS.
-Time spent on
Behavioral factors can accessing SNS per day
override both the versus gender,
homeostatic and nationality, and
circadian factors. As household income
such it is important to -Staying up late to
understand behavior access SNS vs. gender,
that affect sleep. nationality and
household income
Behaviors carried out -Weak correlation
close to sleep can between social media
potentially disturb usage, hours of sleep at
sleep. night and daytime
sleepiness
-Total sleep hours at
night.
-A growing body of -Participants who
research provides reported deprivations in U.S. high school
evidence that sleep sleep were at an students
deprivation is increased risk of a
associated with a number of negative
variety of negative outcomes. However, this
social, behavioral, and varied considerably
health related across different degrees
outcomes. of sleep deprivation.