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A RESEARCH STUDY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND

SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION WITH THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF A

STUDENT

Saint John Academy

Dinalupihan Bataan

A final requirement for Junior High School English Grade 10

Aquino, Lawrence S.

Bautista, Angel Vdez D.

Calica, Audrey A.

Jimenez, Hanz Christian P.

Ting, Lea Margaret P.

Vincent L. Santos

March 2016
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Table of Contents

Approval Sheet………………………………………………………………………3

Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………..4

Preface………………………………………………………………………………5

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………6

Background of Study……………………………………………………….6

Review of Related Literature……………………………………………….9

Statement of the Problem…………………………………………………..16

Significance of the Study……………………………………………..……16

Scope and Limitation…………………………………………………..…..17

Methods and Results.………………………………………………………………18

Methodology...…………………………………………………….…….…18

Results……...……………………………………………………....………20

Graph and Interpretation……………………………………….…………..21

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………27

Recommendation…………………………………………………..………28

Bibliography………………………………………………………….……29
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APPROVAL SHEET

This research project entitled “Study… Sleep… Snap…” is presented and submitted

by:

Lawrence S. Aquino

Angel Vdez D. Bautista

Audrey A. Calica

Hanz Christian P. Jimenez

Lea Margaret P. Ting

As a final requirement for Junior High School Grade 10 English is hereby

recommended for approval.

Mr. Vincent L. Santos

Approving Officer
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to send their greatest gratitude to the following who

supported them and became part in making this research:

They would like to thank their English teacher, Mr. Vincent L. Santos for guiding

them and sharing his knowledge to finish their study. To their adviser, Mrs. Anna Bellie

Morales for supporting and teaching them patiently on how to know the frequency and

statistics of the survey to come up with good results.

Also, to their families especially the Bautista family for letting them use their printer

to complete the output of the research. To their ever supportive and loving friends and

classmates for motivating them to give the best out of them.

To the Grade 9 respondents for patiently answering the questionnaires given by the

researchers and for responsibly submitting it on time.

And finally they would like to thank God for giving them strength and wisdom

necessary to accomplish their research study.

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PREFACE

This research study is about sleep deprivation and social media addiction among

Grade 9 students to know whether it greatly affects their academic performance. The

researchers aim to know how social media addiction affects sleep and how lack of sleep

affects the concentration and focus of students at school. Moreover, the youth today are

massively influenced by the internet so this research wanted to find out if the grade 9

students of Saint John Academy are affected by this. There are many things that can be done

with the internet including online games or even for study purposes but the focus of the study

is on social media addiction because it does not only affect sleep but it can also affect the

over-all attitude and emotion of a student.

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In this era of globalization and technological revolution, education is considered as a

first step for every human activity. It plays a vital role in the development of human capital

and is linked with an individual’s well-being and opportunities for better living (Battle &

Lewis, 2002). It ensures the acquisition of knowledge and skills that enable individuals to

increase their productivity and improve their quality of life. This increase in productivity also

leads towards new sources of earning which enhances the economic growth of a country

(Saxton, 2000). Even at very young age, children are being sent to school to finish their

primary education, and as they reach adolescence they move forward for their secondary

education, things can be very much complicated and there will be distractions along the way.

Secondary education is informally regarded as the education children receive during their

teenage years, although the average ages of entrance and exit vary considerably among

various nations (EOLSS, D. Eubanks.)

Enhancing the quality of basic education in the Philippines is urgent and critical. The

old poor quality of basic education is reflected in the low achievement scores of Filipino

students. One reason is that students do not get adequate instructional time or task

(Perception of parents of the students affected by additional two years in basic education,

2011). Students in their high school life can be stressful especially in this generation in which

K-12 is being implemented, although it is undoubtedly one of the most memorable

experiences in one’s life. As the curriculum upgrades, the students must also upgrade the way

they do projects and other school works, they need to improve their study habits and their

over-all performance in school. They also need to take advantage in using the essence of

technology. When they are going to look for something, they need to review every single

detail. This is when technology gets very useful, but it can also be a form of distraction for
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the students and could waste their time. The impact of technology and internet to the youth is

much more alarming today because it does not only affect the students’ priorities but it also

has an effect to their sleeping patters which can be a harm to their performance at school and

even with their health.

In high school, a student needs to deal with so much obstructions such as sleep

deprivation and social media addiction which can affect one’s academic performance. Social

media addiction is commonly linked to poor sleep which leads to anxiety or depression to

students nowadays. Adolescents suffer from increasing school, family and social pressure and

from an environmentally induced delay of sleep timing, together with changes of intrinsic

regulatory (both circadian and homeostatic) processes. Taken together, these altered sleep

patterns lead to a marked increase in sleepiness that usually facilitates cognitive, emotional,

behavioural and academic failure (Carskadon et al., 2004). Since adolescence is a period for

development of teenage issues, it is essential to understand how adolescents’ social media use

relates to sleep quality and their performance at school.

Academic performance

Academic performance shows how well a student can excel socially, emotionally and of

course, mentally. When talking about academic performance, most people think that it’s

about grades but in reality there are several factors that affect a student’s overall academic

performance. In measuring a student’s academic performance during high school it involves

examinations or continuous assessment which means that a student must exert enough effort

in order to achieve a good result which will help them to move forward to the next phase or

stage of their academic life. The student performance plays an important role to produce the

best quality graduates who will become great leaders and great contributors to the society.
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Academic performance occupies a very important place in education as well as in the

learning process.

 Grades
People often consider grades first when evaluating academic achievement. This

includes schools, who rank students by their GPA, awarding special designations such as

valedictorian and salutatorian for those who graduate first and second in their class.
 Test scores
A test score is a piece of information, usually a number, that conveys the performance

of an examinee on a test. One formal definition is that it is "a summary of the evidence

contained in an examinee's responses to the items of a test that are related to the construct

or constructs being measured." (Wikipedia)

 Extracurricular activities
Extracurricular activities provide a channel for reinforcing the lessons learned in the

classroom, offering students the opportunity to apply academic skills in a real-world

context, and are thus considered part of a well-rounded education. Research suggests that

participation in extracurricular activities may increase students' sense of engagement or

attachment to their school, and thereby decrease the likelihood of school failure and

dropping out (Lamborn et al, 1992; Finn, 1993. If, indeed, participation in extracurricular

activities can lead to success in school, then the availability of these activities to students

of all backgrounds becomes an important equity issue.

 Leadership
Effective education leadership makes a difference in improving learning. There’s

nothing new or especially controversial about that idea. What’s far less clear, even after

several decades of school renewal efforts, is just how leadership matters, how important

those effects are in promoting the learning of all children, and what the essential

ingredients of successful leadership are (K. Leithwood, K. Louis, S. Anderson and K.

Wahlstrom, 2004). The education and development of students as leaders has long served
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as a central purpose for institutions of higher education as evidenced in mission

statements and the increased presence of both curricular and co-curricular leadership

development programs (Astin & Astin, 2000; Zimmerman-Oster & Burkhardt, 1999).

Sleep

Sleep is an integrated part of human health and life and is crucial for learning,

performance, and physical and mental health. Most sleep specialists indicate that adult

humans require approximately 8 hours of sleep per day (Carskadon, 2002). It has been

reported that the history of sleep research can be traced back to the 19th century (Pelayo and

Guilleminault, 2009). Sleep is one of the inevitable daily-living activities and it is one of the

most important factors contributing to health. Sleep has a positive effect on quality of life and

body functions and homeostasis. Sleep is essential for the cellular, organic and systemic

functions of an organism with its absence being potentially harmful to health and changing

feeding behavior, glucose regulation, blood pressure, cognitive processes and some hormonal

axes (I. Altun, N. Cınar and C. Dede, 2012). There has been an increased awareness of

insufficient or poor quality sleep among students. In general, students prefer to retire and rise

late, especially when their melatonin release is delayed during puberty. This preference is

reflected by later bedtimes and longer sleep durations on holidays or weekends (Libertas

Academica Ltd., 2011). Sleep deprivation is a common problem in the young student

population. Sleep deprivation is linked to decreased physical health, mental health, and

academic performance (Bess Austin, RN, BSN, 2007). One study showed that sleep-deprived

students performed worse on attention, memory, and problem-solving tasks and this

adversely affected their academic performance (Curcio et al., Ferrara, and Gennaro, 2006).
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Adequate sleep is a biological necessity, not a luxury, for the normal functioning of

humans. Good mental and physical health depends on maintenance of adequate sleep

performance (Bess Austin, RN, BSN, 2007). Finally school start time was analyzed against

sleep duration, quality of sleep, and symptoms of sleep disorders for possible associations of

an earlier start time and sleep insufficiency (Libertas Academica Ltd., 2011). This research

provides an overview of the physiology of sleep and the adverse effects of inadequate sleep

in a student’s academic performance.

Significant effects of sleep quality on cognitive performance and how it is influence

by multiple factors such as stress (Ahrberg et al., 2012, p.1). Many studies strongly suggest

that timing of sleep as well as its quality and quantity are linked with students’ learning

abilities in academic and that students are often chronically sleep deprived (Curcio et al.,

2006; Wolfson and Carskadon, 2003). Ahrberg et al. (2012) found “poor sleep quality may

negatively impact test performance as well, creating a vicious circle” (p.1). The researchers

were focused with the medical students, so they came up with the result that sleep quality and

stress prior to the exam but not during the semester or after the exam is linked with exam

performance (Ahrberg et al., 2012, p.4). The study showed the significant correlation

between sleep quality and stress are medical students during test or the whole semester. Both

sleep and stress are closely linked to the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which

explains the close interrelationship between these two factors (Steiger, 2003; Van Reeth et al.,

2000). These two factors really affect the student’s mentally and physically which is why

there is a great effect with the academic performance and test results of the medical students.

There are also other factors that affect the students’ performance, but the research shows that

sleep quality and stress is the common problem that the medical students are dealing with.
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Effects and results of sleep deprivation on performance and in decreased reaction

times, less vigilance, an increase and perceptual and cognitive distortions and changes in

affect (Krueger, 1989). The study confirms that sleep deprivation has a significant effect on

human functioning. Another major finding of the investigation was that the effects of sleep

deprivation vary according to two key operator variables: substantial difference across the

three dependent measures and cognitive performance was more affected by sleep deprivation

that motor performance, and that mood was much more affected than either cognitive or

motor performance. This patterns of differences among the three types of dependent

measures is not surprising and is consistent with the viewpoints of many sleep researchers

(Leung et al., 1992).

Another study states that sleep deprivation has an effect in students’ learning ability

and academic performance (Curcio et al., 2006, p.323). According to Epstein et al. (2006)

and Pilcher et al. (2006), “Children without difficulty getting up displayed more achievement

motivation. This was one of the first studies that explicitly stressed the relevance of sleep

quality and continuity on school functioning, giving relatively less importance to the merely

quantitive amount of sleep” (p.326-327). Lack of attention during classes because of having

more irregular bedtimes and sleeping less than their peers who did not experience attention

problems are the main causes of reduced academic performance of a student (Curcio et al.,

2006, p.327The related study focuses on the effects of sleep deprivation to the over-all

academic performance of a student. It shows that irregular bedtime causes the daytime

sleepiness of a student which may result in having lack of attention during classes and will

give them a reduced academic performance.

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According to Ming (2011) “sleep is an integrated part of human health and life and is

crucial for learning” (p.72). They study it for the welfare of the adolescence. The study

concludes that the students with less than 9 hours of sleep on the weekdays and weekends

have poorer academic perofrmance (Ming, 2011, p. 71). Also the schools with earlier star

times are associated with the poor sleep quality and shorter sleep duration (Ming, 2011, p.

71). Thus earlier start times of schools just cause sleep insufficiency leading to health

problems and poorer school performance (Ming, 2011, p.71). Sleep insufficiency is a major

problem for the high school students. It lowers their performance quality and their health.

Schools with earlier start times worsens the effect, they limit the sleep duration of the

students.

Causes of Inadequate Sleep among Students

One of the causes why students have inadequate sleep is sleep disturbance. Sleep

disturbance can, for example, be triggered by relatively simple environmental events, such as

excessive noise or too much light. It can be related to physical factors, such as diet or

exercise. Sleep can also be disturbed by stressors, either chronic or acute, and emotional

events. In addition, difficulty falling asleep may or may not be accompanied by difficulty

staying asleep, and the two may have different causes as well as different meanings. A

student with poor sleeping patterns will have a dramatic negative impact on his/her academic

performance (Edwards, 2008). In the short term, a lack of adequate sleep can affect

judgment, mood, ability to learn and retain information, and may increase the risk of serious

accidents and injury. In the long term, chronic sleep deprivation may lead to a host of health

problems including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and even early mortality

(Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School).

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 Alcohol

Alcohol is used extensively as a sleep aid in the general population. When

ingested by normal individuals, alcohol leads to a more rapid induction of sleep.

However, alcohol is metabolized rapidly and blood concentrations are negligible by

the middle of the night for most individuals who have a few drinks prior to bedtime,

often resulting in withdrawal symptoms thereafter. It is of interest that alcohol's

negative effects on sleep are even observed when it is ingested in the late afternoon

(K. Doghramji, 2005). Poor sleep quality and shortened sleep duration had been

associated with a lowered sense of well-being and decreased quality of life in young

students (C. Calamaro, T. Mason and S. Ratcliffe, 2009).

 Caffeine and energy drinks

As the availability of highly caffeinated products such as energy drinks has

increased, exposure to these beverages in the pediatric population has also risen.

However, the scientific evidence supporting the ability of these beverages, including

energy drinks, to enhance alertness, mood, and performance (J. Owens, J. Mindell

and A. Baylor, 2014). According to Lantz (2015), “Ideally, we shouldn’t be having

these things out of habit – if we need them daily to keep us going, then there are other

areas that should be addressed” (para. 7).

 Technology

One contributing factor to the pattern of shortened sleep duration in

adolescents might be an excessive use of technology especially late at night. This use

of technology, coupled with early school starts, has been predicted to result in

shortened sleep duration. The combined use of several technologies may lead to
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additional delay in sleep onset in adolescence (C. Calamaro, T. Mason and S.

Ratcliffe, 2009).

 Stress

Stress is perhaps, the most studied psychosocial precipitant of sleep

disturbance. Stress causes insomnia by making it difficult to fall asleep and to stay

asleep, and by affecting the quality of your sleep. Stress causes hyper arousal, which

can upset the balance between sleep and wakefulness. Laboratory evidence shows

that short sleep durations of 4-5 hours negatively impacts physiological and

neurobehavioral functioning (MHC Counseling Service, 2011).

 Taking sleep for granted

Many people do not realize how important sleep is. Instead, they may think of

it as a waste of time. Time spent in bed asleep is time well spent. There are many very

important things that the brain needs to do while asleep. These include forming

memories and going through the day’s events. (Common Reasons Why People Get

Enough Sleep, 2011, para. 1). Our use of stimulants, increasing exposure to pollution,

and other sources of stress are making getting a good night’s sleep very difficult in the

modern era (Taking Sleep for Granted, 2015, para. 2).

Social media
The term social media referring to blogs and social network sites online have been used

worldwide allowing networked communication possible. Such media describes the online

practices that utilize technology and enable people to share ideas, opinions, experiences,

pictures, messages, content, insights, and information of interest. Social network sites seem

to bring people together and connected, but sadly it creates social isolation. As the youth tend

to spend many hours on these sites, they rarely have face-to-face interaction.
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Different social media sites have specific roles, functions and modes of communication

although their functions are mostly related. This relates to the definition by Kaplan and

Haenlein (2010), who defined Social media as “a group of Internet-based applications that

build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation

and exchange of user-generated content”. Ayiah and Kumah (2011), summed up the

definition of social network as a web platform where people from different settings can

connect and interact with each other. Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are virtual

communities where users can create individual public profiles, interact with real-life friends,

and meet other people based on shared interests. They are seen as a ‘global consumer

phenomenon’ with an exponential rise in usage within the last few years (D. Kuss and M.

Griffiths, 2011).

Social Media Addiction

Social media addiction is very common with the students in this generation.

Especially with the advancement of technology which creates an environment where users

can reach the maximum number of people without sacrificing the intimacy of person-to-

person communication. The CBS News National correspondent, Hattie Kauffman reported

that people who use the Internet excessively, defined as using for more than 30 or 40 hours a

week the Internet for the purpose of social networking, check emails and play computer

games are considered Internet addicts (CBSNews, 2008). Likewise, Walker (2012) defines a

social networking addict as someone who spends excessive time in SNSs that it interferes

with the important activities of his daily life.

Moreover, in the one study shows that many students engrossed in spending most of

their hours on social media sites despite of the unhealthy impact of it (Hasnain, Nasreen &
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Ijaz, 2015, p.2). According to Wang, Chan & Liang (2011), social media has lots of

disadvantages but it also serves a good way to develop knowledge and skills among students.

Social media has an inverse relationship with academic performance (Hasnain, Nazreen &

Ijaz, 2015, p. 2). Social media has a big effect on the academic performance of a student, it

could be negative or positive. As time passes by and as technology advances, students are

more likely getting closer to the social media sites gradually. This relationship between

academic performance and social media really affects one’s life, when someone doesn’t able

to balance his/her time on these, it is either he/she will perform more appropriate on the class

or he/she will only have a failure on his/her performance on school.

This study contains the survey sheet used to gather information about students who

are suffering from lack of sleep and social media addiction and how these can affect their

grades, which is preceded with its graphical interpretation. Using this data, the researchers

shall be able to come up with an over-all conclusion and recommendation in accordance to

this study. This research paper also addresses two specific research questions:

1. What is the correlation between sleep and social media usage and also its effect to the

academic performance of a student?

2. How do the students handle studies, sleep and social life?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The significance of this paper is to show how students are affected with lack of sleep

and addiction in social media. It is also significant to know how students can balance sleep,

studies and social media at the same time. Students who are addicted in social media most

likely are the ones who suffer from lack of sleep and with this study, they will realize how

their addiction can be a threat to their academic performance. Students who can’t balance

these three would result to poor performances at school. This is important to make the
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readers knowledgeable about the consequences of students who are sleep deprived and

addicted to social media, and eventually will know how to handle the situation if they are in

the position of the respondents. Furthermore, this study can also interpret if internet addiction

is getting worse and how it may affect the student’s life especially their grades. With this, we

can determine what are the student’s priority and which among the three do they choose to

focus on.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION

This research study is about sleep deprivation and social media addiction and is only

concerned with its effect on the academic performance of the student. The researchers gave

more importance to the things that only affect the academic performance of the students and

not on different types of social media and sleep disorders. The research only tackled about

the students’ performance at school and did not include their performance outside the

campus. We limit the respondents and only gave survey sheets to Grade 9 students because

they are more sleep deprived compared to lower grade levels. Students that have so much

things in their list of their “to-do’s” can be the better respondents of our survey. Moreover,

this research focused more on how these three (social media, sleep, and study) are

interconnected within each other, how one can affect the two.

METHODOLOGY

All throughout the study, the correlational research method is used. Correlational

research attempts to determine the extent of a relationship between and among a number of
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facts that are sought and interpreted to recognize trends and patterns in data. The relationship

between social media addiction and sleep deprivation in terms of its effects in academic

performance is an example of correlational research.

At first we, the researchers, were guided by our English teacher to start choosing our

topic that will be suitable for the students of Saint John Academy, who will later on be our

respondents. Once our topic was approved we immediately started to make the introductory

part of our research which includes the rationale, purpose and background of the study.

Afterwards we came up with two specific questions that shall be answered by the end of our

research. Next is the completion of the subtopics which we all agreed to be done individually.

Each member contributed and gave effort to accomplish the subtopics of our research.

Another part of the introduction was the review of related literature which was also

done individually. Each of us chose a different related research to our study and from there

created our RRL. Then, it was distributed to its corresponding subtopic. Since this review is a

current topic of interest in the field of education, we used a lot of information and resources.

Internet is the main used source of related topics of the study. Sources coming from the

Internet are written by professional on their fields and are published by reliable sites or

organizational sites.

After finishing the introduction is the preparation of the questionnaires so that the

distribution of the survey sheet can be done. The study is administered to Grade 7 students

and above. But we decided to focus on Grade 9 students of Saint John Academy only. In

total, 40 participants coming from different Grade 9 sections participated in the study. 10

students from each section were randomly selected to become the respondents of this study.

Majority of the participants are 15 years old.

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In addition to the writing and reading tasks, participants completed a survey sheet.

They willingly accepted and answered the questionnaires. To accomplish the data collection,

questionnaires have been given in February 15-16, 2016 by the researchers to the

respondents. The questionnaires were distributed for almost two days. The respondents were

requested to complete the questionnaire and return it to the researchers as soon as possible.

They accomplished the survey sheet during their break or vacant time while others took it

home and returned it the following day. After a couple of days, the questionnaires were

completed.

As soon as we gathered all the data and information needed, we instantly constructed

the graph and tables of the results accompanied by its interpretation. The statistical part of

our research will not be completed without the help of our Math teacher who guided us from

the very start of our tally up to the graphing. When we were one step closer to the concluding

part, we were asked to make the acknowledgement and preface of the study together with the

scope and limitations, significance of the study and methodology which shall be

accomplished altogether before we proceeded to the conclusion.

The conclusion was based on the data we gathered and the interpretation from the

tables and graphs. Next to the conclusion is the recommendation which was also

accomplished in the same day. At the last part of our study we included the sample of our

survey sheet and the bibliography following the APA 6th edition format.

RESULTS

Table 1. Gender of students

Gender Frequency Percentage

Male 21 52.5%
Female 19 57.5%
Total 40 100%
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Table 1 shows the number of male and female respondents with its percentage. 21

students are male and 19 students are female.

Table 2. Yes or No questions

Questions Yes No
Question 1 29 11
Question 2 15 25
Question 3 22 18
Question 4 12 28
Question 10 32 8
Table 2 shows how many students answered yes or no in the questions 1-4, also in the open

question 10 which was followed by a brief explanation.

Table 3. Multiple choice questions

Questions Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4

Question 5 5 19 16 —
Question 6 28 3 7 2
Question 7 2 20 17 1
Question 8 5 2 19 9
Question 9 6 17 3 14

Table 3 is the summary of answers from questions 5-9. Each question has 4 choices

and students must only choose one. This is the total number of students who picked one for

each question.

GRAPH AND INTERPRETATION

Figure 1: Are you addicted in using social media?

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On question #1 almost all of our correspondents admitted to social media addiction.

Only a few said that they are not. 29 out of 40 students said that they are addicted to social

media, and only 11 said that they are not. This means that majority of our grade 9

respondents are addicted to social media.

Figure 2. Does the use of social media affect your grades?

Question #2 shows that almost 40 % of the select students are not affected by using

social media in their grades. On the other side, a lot agreed that social media usage highly

affect their grades. 15 out of 40 respondents answered YES to this question, while the

remaining 25 said that their use of social media does not affect their grades.

Figure 3. Are you suffering from lack of sleep?

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In question # 3 the number of respondents that answered YES is greater than those

who answered NO. 22 out of 40 students who answered are suffering from lack of sleep.

There are many students who are sleep deprived for some reasons hence the other 18 students

are having enough sleep.

Figure 4. Does lack of sleep affect your concentration and memory at school?

On question #4 70% of our respondents said that lack of sleep does not affect their

performance inside the classroom. The other 30% admitted that they are affected by the lack

of sleep. On question # 3, many students admitted that they are sleep deprived, but this does

not affect their academic performance and they can concentrate and do well at school despite

of not having enough time to sleep.

Figure 5. How many hours do you spend on using social media sites?
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On question #5, 16 of our correspondents said that they spend 5 hours or above on

using social media sites, and 19 use social media sites for 3-4 hours, while only 5

correspondents spend 1-2 hours on social media sites but no one said that they never used

any of this sites. This only means that although not everyone is addicted in using social

media, we can say at least that all of the respondents have and are using social media sites.

Figure 6. Which among the social media sites do you use the most?

Question #6, 28 of our respondents chose Facebook which means it is the most

popular social media site among the 4 choices and then Twitter with 7 respondents choosing

it, Instagram with 3 and finally, Snapchat with only 2 respondents choosing it. More grade 9

students are active in using Facebook while Snapchat is the least that they use.

Figure 7. How many hours of sleep do you get daily?

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On Question #7, 2 of our respondents said that they sleep for over 10-9hrs ,20 said

that they sleep for 8-7 hours, while 14 said that they have 6-5 hours of sleep, and only 1 said

that they have below 4 hours of sleep. This is the proof that majority of the students are not

having the normal 10-8 hours of sleep which should be received by teenagers at their age.

Figure 8. What causes you to stay awake at night?

On question #8, 5 of our respondents said that they stay awake because they watch

television, 2 said it is because they study, 19 said they stay awake because they are catting

with someone, and 9 said because they play online games. This has a correlation with the use

of social media because chatting can only be done with the aid of social media and or almost

half of the respondents admitted that chatting is what causes them to stay awake at night.

Figure 9. Which of the following most affect the academic performance?

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On question #9, 6 of our respondents said that amount of sleep affects their academic

performance,17 said that they are affected by their social media use, 3 said that they are

affected by their friends and 14 said that they are affected by their own choice. There are 23

grade 9 students who are affected by sleep and social media use which is quite related to each

other. These two has a great impact to their performance at school.

Figure 10. Can you handle study, sleep and social life at the same time? How?

32 out of 40 respondents confidently stated that they can handle studies, social life and

sleep at the same time. While 8 among 40 students said that they can’t handle it. There is

certainly lots of reason why one cannot handle these situations but also there are solutions to

this kind of problems.

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Our respondents have their own ways on handling these three. Some can handle these

problems by balancing their time to allow them to have separate time to study, sleep, and

socialize. Some of them just prioritize the three, one at a time. Others are just lucky and have

plenty of time. However, others that can’t handle it stated that they just cannot do it or they

don’t have plenty of time to balance these three. When they start opening the browser and

logging in their Facebook, Twitter, or whatsoever account they have, they just cannot stop.

There are others who are just tired about the whole concept of studying.

People are different, some people are good at handling these situations, some just

cannot. There are numbers of ways to eliminate these problems and people can learn how to

use it. Having balance on doing it will help you on the process. Some people cannot do it

because of plenty of reasons. Some are just tired of trying to do it and does not even bother to

try.

CONCLUSION

The study established that sleep, social media use and studies are all connected with

one another. The underlying impact of lack of sleep and social media addiction was examined

and evaluated that led to a successful result. High school students can be easily distracted and
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attached to the things that happens in their life at the moment and this includes the social

media which gives them a false sense of connection and thus making them addictive.

The study showed that students themselves admitted that they are addicted with social

media and with this they are suffering from lack of sleep. Even though the results were not

consistent, it has shown that social media addiction is the greatest factor that affects the

academic performance of students at school. The findings of the study indicated that sleep

deprivation is commonly caused by social media addiction through spending most of the time

awake while chatting with friends rather than sleeping. As the results suggest, some students

can balance studies, sleep and social life in belief that they could handle the three all at the

same time, while others that cannot, tend to have poor performance at school because it’s the

least of their priority.

RECOMMENDATION

The relationship with other factors can play a significant role in assessing the true

correlation between sleep and social media usage and also its effect to the academic

performance of a student. Therefore, further study is required to clearly understand the true
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mechanisms among these three variables. Students should be encouraged to learn how to

balance these three variables or know which among these should they prioritize more.

Moreover, this study could be useful to students who does not realize what are the

consequences behind social media addiction, what is at stake when they are suffering from

lack of sleep and how it could affect their academic performance at school. This research

paper could be used for further findings and for other related research. It is hoped that the

findings of this study will be useful to teachers, principals, parents and most especially

students to gain more insight into the factors that affect students’ academic performance and

therefore help improve their academic performance.

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