Habitual Sugar Intake as a Predictor of Sleep Quality among Emerging Adults

Abstract

The present study is aimed to examine the relationship between Habitual Sugar Intake as a Predictor of Sleep Quality among Emerging Adults. Sugar is present everywhere and not just in sweet candies that you buy. Everything that you consume is converted into sugar which is later used for digestion, providing energy to the body. The body, for normal and regular functioning doesn’t require any extra amount of sugar. The current study is done for the age group of 16 to 40 years of age. Standardised psychological measures were used to assess sugar intake and sleep quality. The findings revealed a very weak positive correlation between sugar intake and sleep quality. Therefore, the study did not find sufficient evidence to establish a statistically significant linear relationship between sugar intake and sleep quality among the participants. The findings suggest that sugar intake was not meaningfully associated with sleep quality within the present sample. Although the correlation was positive, its magnitude was extremely small, indicating that the two variables showed almost no linear association in the observed data.