Unmasking Sleep Deprivation: Investigating Influencing Factors Among Sulu State College’s Senior High Students

Abstract

This study employed a quantitative research design to investigate the correlates of sleep deprivation within a stratified sample of senior high school students at Sulu State College. Utilizing quota sampling, data were collected from 30 participants, allocated proportionally across academic strands (n=15 per strand). Statistical analysis, comprising descriptive statistics (frequency distributions and percentages), inferential statistics (independent samples t-tests and one-way analysis of variance), and the calculation of weighted means, was conducted. The results did not demonstrate a statistically significant relationship between sleep deprivation and the demographic variables of gender, age, or academic strand. Therefore, the null hypothesis of no significant difference in sleep deprivation across these demographic groups was not rejected. These findings suggest that within this specific population, gender, age, and academic program are not significant predictors of self-reported sleep deprivation.